List to the Clanging Bells of Time

List to the clang­ing bells of time

Tolling their low

sad chime

Requiem for the grand Old Year

Hearken! he bids us hear:

“Friends

I am dy­ing

hours are few;

But this I leave with you—

Bought with a price

you’re not your own:

For Je­sus live alone.

“Gather the sheep from mount­ains cold

Into the Shep­herd’s fold;

Work for His cause till day is done

Work till your crown is won.

“O Church be­low

the hosts ab­ove

Watch all your zeal and love;

Faithful abide till time is past

Joy you’ll re­ceive at last.

I shall be gone ere new-born year

In beau­ty comes to cheer:

Once I was young

my flow­ers bright—

Now I must say Good-night!