The phrase "swifter" resonates through 13 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
swifter
...Couldst thou increase the score,
I’d fly the swifter to the cross,
And watch and pray the more....
Couldst thou increase the score,
I’d fly the swifter to the cross,
And watch and pray the more.
...Call for aid on every side.
Guide us, that with swifter feet,
We may speed us on our way,...
Call for aid on every side.
Guide us, that with swifter feet,
We may speed us on our way,
...Something which might hinder;
Running swifter every day;
Growing purer, kinder—...
Something which might hinder;
Running swifter every day;
Growing purer, kinder—
...In us the work of faith fulfill,
So not Heav’n’s host shall swifter move
Than we on earth, to do Thy will....
In us the work of faith fulfill,
So not Heav’n’s host shall swifter move
Than we on earth, to do Thy will.
...Purified and holy, sanctified and blessed.
Swifter yet and swifter, ever onward run,
Firmer yet and firmer, step as I go on;...
Purified and holy, sanctified and blessed.
Swifter yet and swifter, ever onward run,
Firmer yet and firmer, step as I go on;
...Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day....
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.
...That eager service it may yield;
On ever swifter pinions brought,
To labor in a vaster field;...
That eager service it may yield;
On ever swifter pinions brought,
To labor in a vaster field;
...In us the work of faith fulfill;
So not Heaven’s host shall swifter move
Than we on earth to do Thy will....
In us the work of faith fulfill;
So not Heaven’s host shall swifter move
Than we on earth to do Thy will.
...Quickly shall o’erflow all lands.
Send the Gospel faster, swifter,
Ye who dwell in Christian lands!...
Quickly shall o’erflow all lands.
Send the Gospel faster, swifter,
Ye who dwell in Christian lands!
...How slowly doth His wrath arise!
On swifter wings salvation flies;
And if He lets His anger burn,...
How slowly doth His wrath arise!
On swifter wings salvation flies;
And if He lets His anger burn,
...I fly beyond the western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest Thy fugitive....
I fly beyond the western sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest Thy fugitive.
...Or if it sweeps your lives away,
Your souls with swifter motion driv’n
Shall in a whirlwind fly to Heav’n....
Or if it sweeps your lives away,
Your souls with swifter motion driv’n
Shall in a whirlwind fly to Heav’n.
...Are in Thy Word foretold.
Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring
This promised age of gold!...
Are in Thy Word foretold.
Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring
This promised age of gold!
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