S. BRUNO (77 77 77). "Although....the fields shall yield no meat,....yet I will rejoice in the Lord, 1 WHAT our Father does is well; Blessed truth His children tell! 2 What our Father does is well; 3 What our Father does is well; For the strength His Word supplies: 4 What our Father does is well; 5 Therefore unto Him we raise "The waters are kid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen." INTER reigneth o'er the land, Freezing with its icy breath; Dead and bare the tall trees stand; All is chill and drear as death. 2 Yet it seemeth but a day Since the summer flowers were here, Since they stacked the balmy hay, Since they reaped the golden ear. Verses 5 and 6. 3 Sunny days are past and gone: So the years go, speeding fast, Onward ever, each new one Swifter speeding than the last. 4 Life is waning; life is brief; Death, like winter, standeth nigh: Each one, like the fallen leaf, Soon shall fade and fall and die. 1 "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” WHILE with ceaseless course the sun Hasted through the former year; Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here. Fixed in an eternal state, They have done with all below; We a little longer wait,— But how little, none can know. 2 As the winged arrow flies, Speedily the mark to find; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind : Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid stream; Upward, Lord! our spirits raise; All below is but a dream. 3 Thanks for mercies past receive; |