Infirmities and Mortality the Effect of Sin; or, Life Old Age, and Preparation for Death

Verse 1

Lord, if thine eyes survey our faults, And justice grows severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, And burns beyond our fear.

Verse 2

Thine anger turns our frame to dust; By one offense to thee, Adam, with all his sons have lost Their immortality:

Verse 3

Life, like a vain amusement flies, A fable or a song; By swift degrees our nature dies, Nor can our joys be long.

Verse 4

’Tis but a few whose days amount To threescore years and ten; And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil, and pain.

Verse 5

Our vitals with laborious strife Bear up the crazy load, And drag those poor remains of life Along the tiresome road.

Verse 6

Almighty God reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone; Oh! let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne!

Verse 7

Our souls would learn the heav’nly art T’improve the hours we have, That we may act the wiser part, And live beyond the grave.