A Few More Years Shall Roll

Horatius Bonar (1844) • English

Primary Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:12-16

Verse 1

A few more years shall roll, a few more seasons come, and we shall be with those that rest asleep within the tomb.

Chorus

Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that blest day; O wash me in your precious blood, and take my sins away.

Verse 2

A few more suns shall set o'er these dark hills of time, and we shall be where suns are not, a far serener clime.

Chorus

Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that blest day; O wash me in your precious blood, and take my sins away.

Verse 3

A few more storms shall beat on this wild, rocky shore, and we shall be where tempests cease, and surges swell no more.

Chorus

Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that blest day; O wash me in your precious blood, and take my sins away.

Verse 4

A few more struggles here, a few more partings o'er, a few more toils, a few more tears, and we shall weep no more.

Chorus

Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that blest day; O wash me in your precious blood, and take my sins away.

Verse 5

'Tis but a little while and he shall come again, who died that we might live with him, who lives that we might reign.

Chorus

Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that blest day; O wash me in your precious blood, and take my sins away.

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