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KINGWOOD.
8,
8,
7.
Psa.
39-4.
Key
of
A
Major.
HUMPHREYS,
1830.
My
days,my
weeks,my
months,my
years,Fly
rapid
as
the
whirling
spheres,Fly
rapid
as
the
whirling
spheres,
Around
the
steady
pole;
Time,
like
the
tide,
its
motion
keeps,
And
I
must
launch
thro'
endless
deeps,
And
I
must
launch
thro'
eneless
deeps,
Where
endless
a
-
ges
roll.
2.
The
grave
is
near
the
cradle
seen,
How
swift
the
moments
pass
between,
And
whisper
as
they
fly,
Unthinking
man,
remember
this,
Though
fond
of
sublunary
bliss,
That
you
must
groan
and
die.
3.
My
soul,
attend
the
solemn
call,
Thine
earthly
tent
must
shortly
fall,
And
thou
must
take
thy
flight
Beyond
the
vast
expansive
blue,
To
sing
above,
as
an-gels
do,
Or
sing
in
endless
night.
The
above
hymn
appears
in
"
Zion
Songster."
Second
and
third
verses
are
not
of
the
same
hymn,
and
must
have
been
taken
from
another
hymn
book.
The
original
hymn
has
ten
verses.
The
author's
name
in
this
book
is
not
stated.
"
Kingwood'"
is
one
of
the
old
melodies
published
by
William
Walker
in
"
Southern
Harmony,"
in
1835,
page
98.
We
can
find
no data
nor
information
about
Mr.
Humphreys,
the
author
of
the
music,
in
"
Southern
Harmony."