Speed for Thy Life

Speed for thy life to the mount­ain

Slight not the mes­sage di­vine

Danger and death are be­fore thee

Haste

while the hours are thine.

Speed thee

speed thee;

Shadows around thee are fall­ing;

Speed thee

speed thee;

Come while the Sav­ior is call­ing.

Speed for thy life to the mount­ain

List to the warn­ing again;

Forward

and look not be­hind thee

Stay not in all the plain.

Speed

for the day is de­clin­ing

Soon its bright mo­ments will fade;

What if a storm should o’er­take thee

Where would thou turn for aid?

Speed for thy life to the mount­ain

Fly like a bird to its nest

Fly to the arms of the Sav­ior:

There is thy on­ly rest.