My Life Declines, My Strength Is Gone

My life de­clines

my strength is gone

Disease and pains pre­vail;

Death threat­ens to ar­rest me soon

My heart and flesh doth fail.

Soon must I leave this bo­dy here

Soon must my soul away;

O aw­ful thought—my soul

pre­pare

For that tre­men­dous day!

Soon must I pass the so­lemn test

How soon

my judge can tell!

When He with smiles shall call me blest

Or frown me down to hell.

O how shall I pre­pare my heart

Eternal life to gain?

Jesus

Thy grace

Thy strength im­part

Or all I do is vain.

I can­not for one sin atone—

I swell with pride no more:

All the best du­ties I have done

I’ve rea­son to de­plore.

Jesus

on Thee alone I lean

Do Thou my soul pre­pare;

O cleanse my heart from ev­ery sin

And fix Thy dwell­ing there.

Renewed and jus­ti­fied by grace

Complete I then shall stand

Before th’al­migh­ty Fa­ther’s face

When He my life de­mand.