{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/wikisource_Young_Christian_s_first_lesson_book_Lesson_Twenty_One/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/wikisource_Young_Christian_s_first_lesson_book_Lesson_Twenty_One","id":"wikisource_Young_Christian_s_first_lesson_book_Lesson_Twenty_One","license":"Public Domain / CC-BY-SA (see source)","rights_basis":"wikisource_site_inclusion_policy","source":"wikisource","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Young_Christian's_first_lesson-book/Lesson_Twenty_One","summary":null,"tags":["Main_pages_with_authority_control_data","PD-old","Subpages"],"text":"LESSON XXI.\n\nOn Death.\n\nLORD I confe\u017fs thy \u017fentence ju\u017ft,\n\nThat \u017finful man should turn to du\u017ft.\n\nThat I e'er long \u017fhould yield my breath,\n\nThe captive of all conquering death.\n\nSoon will the awful hour appear,\n\nWhen I mu\u017ft quit my dwelling here;\n\nThe\u017fe active limbs, to worms a prey,\n\nIn the cold grave mu\u017ft wa\u017fte away;\n\nNor \u017fhall I \u017fhare in all that's done,\n\nIn this wide world, beneath the \u017fun.\n\nTo di\u017ftant climes, and feats unknown,\n\nMy naked \u017fpirit mu\u017ft be gone;\n\nTo God its Maker mu\u017ft return,\n\nAnd ever joy, or ever mourn.\n\nNo room for penitence and pray'r,\n\nNo farther preparation there\n\nCan e'er be mace; the thought is vain,\n\nMy \u017flate unalterable mu\u017ft remain.\n\nAwake my \u017foul, without delay,\n\nThat if God \u017fummons thee this day,\nThou cheerful at his call may'\u017ft ri\u017fe,\n\nAnd \u017fpring to life beyond the \u017fkies!\n\nThis work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.\n\nPublic domainPublic domainfalsefalse","title":"Young Christian's first lesson-book/Lesson Twenty One","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":173}