The phrase "Years" resonates through 12 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Years
...Every year, every year?
Why at fleeting years so fretful,
Of the dead past so regretful,...
Every year, every year?
Why at fleeting years so fretful,
Of the dead past so regretful,
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O brothers, how the years roll on,
Our years of promise, one by one!...
start
O brothers, how the years roll on,
Our years of promise, one by one!
...start
O brothers, how the years roll on,
Our years of promise, one by one!...
start
O brothers, how the years roll on,
Our years of promise, one by one!
...Tell it in solemn strain;
Swiftly the years are passing by,
Passing—ne’er returning again;...
Tell it in solemn strain;
Swiftly the years are passing by,
Passing—ne’er returning again;
...There is work that we can do,
While the years roll by;
For the laborers are but few,...
There is work that we can do,
While the years roll by;
For the laborers are but few,
...In a world so full of weeping,
While the years are rolling on,
Christian souls the watch are keeping,...
In a world so full of weeping,
While the years are rolling on,
Christian souls the watch are keeping,
...Where! Where will be the birds that sing,
A hundred years to come?
The flowers that now in beauty spring,...
Where! Where will be the birds that sing,
A hundred years to come?
The flowers that now in beauty spring,
...Each voice and bell in tune;
The years run on with hurrying feet,
Now winter, and now June....
Each voice and bell in tune;
The years run on with hurrying feet,
Now winter, and now June.
...It spoils what else were useful ground.
No fruit for years on it I’ve found;
Cut it down, cut it down....
It spoils what else were useful ground.
No fruit for years on it I’ve found;
Cut it down, cut it down.
...In His blessèd service, for it sweeter grows,
Sweeter as the years go by.
Sweeter as the years go drifting by,...
In His blessèd service, for it sweeter grows,
Sweeter as the years go by.
Sweeter as the years go drifting by,
...One little hour for watching with the Master,
Eternal years to walk with Him in white;
One little hour to bravely meet disaster,...
One little hour for watching with the Master,
Eternal years to walk with Him in white;
One little hour to bravely meet disaster,
...Lo! the shepherds, abiding in the fields by night,
Many years ago,
Heard the voices of angels, saw a wondrous light,...
Lo! the shepherds, abiding in the fields by night,
Many years ago,
Heard the voices of angels, saw a wondrous light,
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