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Only One Life to Give
SWEET BY AND BY | Same-Tune Hymns
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Author: |  |
Anon. |
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Musician: | |
Joseph P. Webster, 1819-1875 |
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I have only one life on this earth
And as vapor it's passing away.
I must labor for treasures of worth,
Ere toil ends at the close of the day.
Refrain:
Only one life to give,
I could never withhold it from God.
Only one life to live,
I must not miss the "Well done!" of God.
Only one life, and white are the fields,
With compassion this great need I view;
This one life that I have I will yield;
And the little I can, let me do.
One poor life, small the off'ring at best,
Yet the world and the flesh often call;
This my answer must be to each test:
I'll not serve God with less than my all.
OTHER HYMNS with the SAME TUNE:
• I Believe Jesus Saves Francis Bottome, 1823-1894
• In the Sweet By and By  Sanford F. Bennett, 1836-1898
• What Must It Be to Be There! Elizabeth Mills, 1805-1829
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