If Life Be Long

If life be long

I will be glad

That I may long ob­ey;

If short

then why should I be sad

To soar to end­less day?

This life is giv’n me to pre­pare

For that which is to come;

Grant me

O Lord

the bliss to share

Of an eter­nal home.

The life God gives I will em­ploy

To do His bless­èd will;

Upward I’ll soar on wings of joy

And do His plea­sure still.

Then let me live for God alone

While life to me is giv’n;

And let me serve be­fore the throne

Forevermore in Heav’n.