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*Source: [[Relief Society Song Book, 1919]], no. 52
 
*Source: [[Relief Society Song Book, 1919]], no. 52
 
*Contributor: [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 00:57, 27 August 2010 (MDT)
 
*Contributor: [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 00:57, 27 August 2010 (MDT)
==External Sheet Music Links==
 
*[http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=226&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=226&searchsubseqend=ZZZ Flash printable/playable/transposable sheet music from lds.org/churchmusic]
 
  
 
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*Poet: [[Robert B. Baird]] (1855–1916), 1879
 
*Poet: [[Robert B. Baird]] (1855–1916), 1879
 
*Copyright: [[public domain]]
 
*Copyright: [[public domain]]
==External Lyrics==
 
*[http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Curriculum/music.htm/hymns.htm/special%20topics.htm/226%20improve%20the%20shining%20moments.htm#JD_Hymns.226 Lyrics from LDS.org] (same as from [[the 1985 LDS hymnal]])
 
 
==Lyrics from [[Relief Society Song Book, 1919]], no. 52==
 
==Lyrics from [[Relief Society Song Book, 1919]], no. 52==
 
<pre>1. Improve the shining moments,
 
<pre>1. Improve the shining moments,
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Latest revision as of 00:22, 15 April 2023

Sheet Music

Using the tune, 'Gwenthlyn' as seen in Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 52

Tunes

Lyrics

Lyrics from Relief Society Song Book, 1919, no. 52

1. Improve the shining moments,
Don’t let them pass you by;
Work while the sun is radiant;
Work, for the night draws nigh.
We cannot bid the sunbeams
To lengthen out their stay;
Nor can we ask the shadow
To ever stay away.

2. Time flies on wings of lightning,
We cannot call it back;
It comes, then passes forward
Along its onward track;
And if we are not mindful,
The chance will fade away;
For life is quick in passing—
’Tis as a single day.

3. As winter time doth follow
The pleasant summer days,
So may our joys all vanish,
And pass far from our gaze.
Then should we not endeavor
Each day some point to gain,
That we may here be useful,
And ev’ry wrong disdain.

4. Improve each shining moment;
In this you are secure,
For promptness bringeth safety,
And blessings rich and pure.
Let prudence guide your actions,
Be honest in your heart,
And God will love and bless you,
And help to you impart.