As thou, my youll art

s the rapid year has sped,

Thou, my soul! art speeding so;

It has gone into the past,—

To the future thou must go.

To the past Eternity

Time for ever hastes away;
To the Eternity to come,
Is thy grand and awful way.

Glory not in mortal strength,
Child of weakness! in thy pride;
Ruthless, shrouded in his mask,
Death, with Life, walks side by side.

Boasting Life cries, 'I am strong;
'I am stronger,' Death replies ;
Drops his mask, unsheathes his sword,
And the boaster lowly lies.

Give thyself to God my soul!
To be sheltered and forgiven;
By the blood of Jesus bought,
Lay thou hold of life and heaven.

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As the rapid year has sped,

Thou, my soul! art speeding so;

It has gone into the past,

To the future thou must go.

To the past Eternity

Time for ever hastes away;
To the Eternity to come,
Is thy grand and awful way.

Glory not in mortal strength,
Child of weakness! in thy pride;
Ruthless, shrouded in his mask,
Death, with Life, walks side by side.

Boasting Life cries, 'I am strong;'
'I am stronger,' Death replies ;
Drops his mask, unsheathes his sword,
And the boaster lowly lies.

Give thyself to God my soul !
To be sheltered and forgiven;
By the blood of Jesus bought,
Lay thou hold of life and heaven.

Let thy years then pass and go,
Thou dost seek a better way;
They but sink to endless night,
Thou dost rise to endless day.

M M

Pallidam saluta mortem,
Dabit bonam tibi sortem
Super stellas ascendenti,
Cali vitam prosequenti.

Nocte tibi quiescendum,
At per diem est agendum;
Regna noctis relicturus
Cane sursum volaturus.

HODIERNUS.