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| =Lyrics=
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| ==Lyrics from [[A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Use of the Latter Day Saints, 1844]]==
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| 1. How fleet the precious moments roll,<br>
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| How soon the harvest will be o'er;<br>
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| The watchmen seek their final rest,<br>
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| And lift a warning voice no more.
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| 2. Another year has rolled away,<br>
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| And took its thousands to the tomb:<br>
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| Its sorrows and its joys are fled,<br>
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| To hasten on the gen'ral doom.
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| 3. And eighteen hundred thirty-five<br>
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| Is rolling swiftly on the wing,<br>
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| And soon the leaves and tendrils thrive;<br>
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| A token of returning spring.
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| 4. The fullness of the gospel shines,<br>
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| With glorious and resplendent rays;<br>
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| The earth and heav'ns show forth their signs<br>
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| As tokens of the latter days.
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| 5. Ye chosen twelve, to you are given,<br>
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| The keys of this last minitry -<br>
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| To every nation under heaven,<br>
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| From land to land, from sea to sea.
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| 6. First to the Gentiles, sound the news<br>
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| Throughout Columbia's happy land,<br>
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| And then before it reach the Jews,<br>
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| Prepare on Europe's shores to stand.
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| 7. Let Europe's towns and cities hear<br>
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| The gospel tidings angels bring;<br>
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| The Gentile nations far and near,<br>
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| Prepare their hearts His praise to sing.
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| 8. India's and Afric's sultry plains<br>
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| Must hear the tidings as they roll -<br>
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| Where darkness, death and sorrow reign -<br>
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| And tyranny has long controled.
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| 9. Listen, ye islands of the sea -<br>
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| For every isle shall hear the sound:<br>
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| Nations and tongues before unknown,<br>
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| Though long since lost shall soon be found.
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| 10. And then again shall Asia hear,<br>
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| Where angels first the news proclaimed;<br>
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| Eternity shall record bear,<br>
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| And Earth repeat the loud amen.
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| 11. The nations catch the pleasing sound,<br>
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| And Jew and Gentile swell the strain,<br>
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| Hosanna o'er the earth resound,<br>
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| Messiah then will come to reign.
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| [[category:Hymns]]
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| [[category:Public Domain]]
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| [[category:Public Domain Lyrics]]
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