
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A hundred years ago, not one Lyrics:
1 A hundred years ago, not one
Of us had sprung to birth;
A hundred years to come, and none
Can hope to walk this earth.
2 We are, we were not! here our mind
Looks round with hopes and fears;
This point is Time; before, behind,
Eternity appears.
3 ’Tis yet, through grace, within our power,
To choose what we would be;
On the decision of an hour,
Depends eternity.
4 This hour! this moment, let us take
The narrow upward path;
This hour, this moment, all forsake
The broad road down to wrath.
5 O Lord, our shepherd! lest like sheep,
Thy children go astray,
Feed us with knowledge, guide and keep
Our souls in Thy right way.
6 So, when a hundred years are fled,
Remembering this day’s choice,
On earth, though numbered with the dead,
In Heaven, may we rejoice.
Used With Tune: CRIMOND Text Sources: Original Hymns (London: Brown, Green & Longmans 1853)
A Hundred Years Ago, Not One