Eternity's stupendous theme, compared here with our life's a dream
Eternity oh awful sound, a deep where all our thoughts are drowned
Yes, in eternity there is, a dreadful world or joyful bliss
And swift as time's fulfilled its rounds, we to eternity are bound
What countless millions of mankind have left this fleeting world behind
They're gone
But where
Ah, stop and see, gone to a long eternity
And is eternity so near, and must we very soon be there?
Sinner, whither will thou flee, or how avoid eternity?
Canst thou forever bear to dwell in all the fiery deeps of hell?
And is death nothing then to thee? Death and its dread, eternity?
You gracious soul, with joy look up
In Christ rejoice, our glorious hope
This everlasting Bliss secures
God and eternity are yours
Eternity oh awful sound, a deep where all our thoughts are drowned
Yes, in eternity there is, a dreadful world or joyful bliss
And swift as time's fulfilled its rounds, we to eternity are bound
What countless millions of mankind have left this fleeting world behind
They're gone
But where
Ah, stop and see, gone to a long eternity
And is eternity so near, and must we very soon be there?
Sinner, whither will thou flee, or how avoid eternity?
Canst thou forever bear to dwell in all the fiery deeps of hell?
And is death nothing then to thee? Death and its dread, eternity?
You gracious soul, with joy look up
In Christ rejoice, our glorious hope
This everlasting Bliss secures
God and eternity are yours