Onward Roll the Ages

lyricist: Henry King, 1888
Composer: James Murray

Onward roll the ag­es

Full of grace to men;

Tell the joy­ful tid­ings

Christ will come again.

Sing aloud the an­them

Shout the tri­umph song.

All earth’s teem­ing na­tions

Shall to Christ be­long.

Onward roll the ag­es

Full of grace to men;

Tell the joy­ful tid­ings

Sing the glad re­frain.

Forth the sow­ers go­ing

Bear the liv­ing truth

And with pray­er are sow­ing

In the heart of youth.

Showers of grace are fall­ing

Morning

night and noon;

All the earth is bloom­ing

Harvest will be soon.

Join your hap­py voic­es

In the song we sing;

Christ

the low­ly Sav­ior

Is th’ex­alt­ed King.

Lift the joy­ful chor­us

Up to Heav­en’s dome;

Soon we’ll blend our prais­es

In the har­vest home.

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