Page 372
SPAN
OF
LIFE,
C.
M.
D.
Original.
"So
teach
us
to
number
our
days,
that
we
may
apply
our
hearts
unto
wisdom."
Ps.
90:12.
S.
M.
Brown,
1869.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1. My
span
of
life
will
soon
be
gone,
The
pass
-
ing
mo
-
ments
say;
As
lengthening
sha
-
dows
o'er
the
mead
Pro
-
claim
the
close
of
day.
Oh,
that
my
heart
might
dwell
a
-
loof
2. Ere
first
I
drew
this
vi
-
tal
breath,
From
na
-
ture's
pri
-
son
free,
Cross
-
es
in
num
-
ber,
meas
-
ure,
weight,
Were
writ
-
ten,
Lord,
for
me.
Be
thou
my
Shep-herd,
Friend,
and
Guide,
3. So
com
-
fort
-
ed
and
so
sus
-
tain'd
With
dark
e
-
vents
I
strove,
And
found
them
right
-
ly
un
-
der
-
stood
All
mes
-
sen
-
gers
of
love;
With
si
-
lent
and
sub
-mis
-sive
awe,
From
all
cre
-
a
-
ted
things,
And
learn
that
wis
-
dom
from
a
-
bove,
Whence
true
con
-
tent
-
ment
springs.
Hast
kind
ly
led
me
on,
Taught
me
to
rest
my
faint
-ing
head
On
Christ
the
cor
-
ner
stone.
Ador'd
a
chastening
God,
Re
-
ver'd
the
ter
-
rors
of
his
law,
And
hum
-
bly
kissed
the
rod.
See
history
of
S.
M.
Brown,
the
author
of
the
above
tune,
under
tune
"Man's
Redemption,"
page
321
of
this
volume.
The
year
of
Jubilee
was
removed
and
this
tune
inserted
its
place,
1869.
The
year
of
Jubilee
has
been
remodeled
and
alto
added
and
placed
in
the
fifth
edition
of
this
volume,
1911.,
page
499.
The
words
to
this
hymn
are
found
in
Mercer's
Cluster,
by
Jesse
Mercer
of
182,
page
3593.
It
has
five
verses,
and
is
printed
under
title,
"Courage
taken
from
the
approach
of
Death."