Hymn
The Wisdom of Redeeming Time
God of eternity! from thee
Did infant time its being draw;
Moments and days, and months and years,
Revolve by thine unvaried law.
Silent and swift they glide away;
Steady and strong the current flows,
Lost in eternity's wide sea,
The boundless gulf from whence it rose.
With it the thoughtless sons of men
Before the rapid stream are borne
On to their everlasting home,
Whence not one soul can e'er return.
Great Source of wisdom! teach our hearts
To know the price of every hour,
That time may bear us on to joys
Beyond its measure and its power.
The Wisdom of Redeeming Time — Text from The Voice of Praise, 1873. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-wisdom-of-redeeming-time
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Who wrote The Wisdom of Redeeming Time?
The words of The Wisdom of Redeeming Time were written by Philip Doddridge; the version here was published in 1873. The library holds 55 more hymns by Philip Doddridge, including The Swift Declining Day and He Is Risen.
Is The Wisdom of Redeeming Time public domain?
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What is the metre of The Wisdom of Redeeming Time?
The Wisdom of Redeeming Time is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Christ Ever Liveth to Make Intercession, Love Which Passeth Knowledge and The Heavens Receive the Body of Jesus.