The Fountain of Life

Jesus is the on­ly fount­ain

Of the life that can­not end;

You must per­ish! cease for­ev­er!

If you make not Him your friend.

Of eter­nal life Christ is the Giv­er

Sound out these tid­ings

To earth’s far­thest shore;

Length of days for ev­er and ev­er

Equal to the an­gels

to die no more.

As a fa­ther child­ren pi­ties

So does God in whom we trust;

For He knows our frame’s frail ten­ure

And re­mem­bers we are dust.

Swifter than a weav­er’s shut­tle

Pass thy days in ra­pid flight;

Hast thou faced the so­lemn quest­ion

Have I hope be­yond death’s night?

Soon thy days will all be num­bered

Haste to seek the life be­yond!

Endless as th’eter­nal ag­es

To God’s mes­sage now re­spond!

See the va­por

quick­ly pass­ing

Or the dew

at ear­ly morn!

These the sym­bols of life’s mea­sure

Thou was on­ly mor­tal born.