Hymn
A Few More Years Shall Roll
A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons come,
And we shall be with those that rest,
Asleep within the tomb.
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that great day;
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away!
A few more storms shall beat
On this wild, rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease
And surges swell no more.
A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more.
'Tis but a little while
And He shall come again,
Who died that we might live, who lives
That we with Him may reign.
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that glad day;
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away!
Amen.
A Few More Years Shall Roll — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/a-few-more-years-shall-roll
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote A Few More Years Shall Roll?
The words of A Few More Years Shall Roll were written by Horatius Bonar; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 19 more hymns by Horatius Bonar, including O Love of God, How Strong and True and Hallelujah for the Cross!
Is A Few More Years Shall Roll public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from American Lutheran Hymnal, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of A Few More Years Shall Roll?
A Few More Years Shall Roll is in Short Metre Double (6.6.8.6 D). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Commit Thou All Thy Griefs, I Was A Wandering Sheep and Thou Art Gone Up On High.