As the Life of a Flower

As the life of a flow­er

As a breath or a sigh

So the years that we live

As a dream hast­en by;

True

to­day we are here

But to­mor­row may see

Just a grave in the vale

And a me­mo­ry of me.

As the life of a flow­er

As a breath

or a sigh

So the years glide away

And alas

we must die.

As the life of a flow­er

Be our lives pure and sweet;

May we bright­en the way

For the friends that we greet;

And sweet in­cense arise

From our hearts as we live

Close to Him who doth teach

Us to love and for­give.

While we tar­ry be­low

Let us trust and ad­ore

Him who leads us each day

Tow’rd the ra­di­ant shore

Where the sun nev­er sets

And the flow­ers nev­er fade

Where no sor­row or death

May its bor­ders in­vade.