Though through these waves it lay.
"We're trav'ling to eternity,"
Was echoed from the stream,
Like me your days will swiftly glide,
Or like a fleeting dream.
"We're trav'ling to eternity,"
The Holy Spirit said,—
And sweetly whispered to the soul,
"I'll be thy heavenly guide."
"We're trav'ling to eternity,"