Gilgal from Music Book by Wheeler, Sablosky and Pearson

And am I only born to die?
And must I suddenly comply
With nature's stern decree?
What after death for me remains:
Celestial joys, or hellish pains
To all eternity?
How then ought I on earth to live
While God prolongs the kind reprieve
And props the house of clay?
My sole concern, my single care:
To watch, and tremble, and prepare
Against the fatal day

No room for mirth or trifling here
For worldly hope, or worldly fear
If life so soon is gone;
If now the judge is at the door
And all mankind must stand before
The inexorable throne!
Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray
Be Thou my guide, be Thou my way
To glorious happiness.
Ah! write the pardon on my heart
And whensoe'er I hence depart
Let me depart in peace

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