Eternity

[Guest]

My mom remembers this being sung at her father's funeral. Some of the words are:
Time speeds onward to eternity
Soon we'll all be in eternity
Here the footsteps
Here the solemn footsteps of eternity.
This was back in the 1950's

[steveliu]

Hi Guest,

Here are the lyrics I could find, by Daniel O. Tinsley. There are several different version of the Chorus, but I think this is the closest to what your mom remembers...

1.
I stood at the time-beaten portals,
Where many a pilgrim had passed
Out into the infinite future,
To be with the pure and the blest;
And, musing in silent devotion,
Eternity seemed to draw near;
And strains from the choir of the faithful
I seemed in my fancy to hear.

Chorus

Oh, eternity! Long eternity!
Time speeds onward to eternity
Soon we'll all be in eternity

Hear the solemn footsteps of eternity
Hear the footsteps,
hear the solemn footsteps,
hear the footsteps of eternity.

2.
I lingered, and silently listened
To the dull, heavy tread of the years,
And thought of the fate of the guilty,
When Christ in His glory appears;
A shudder came over my spirit,
As I thought what a moment might cost,
For eternity's stillness was broken
By the groans and the sighs of the lost.

3.
I saw then the Judge in His splendor,
As He stepped to His great judgment seat,
And thought of the crashing of ages,
When time and eternity meet;
For Time, who has laid many millions,
To slumber in death's silent shade,
Shall reel at eternity's presence,
And sleep in the tomb he has made.

4.
Let us work while 'tis day, brother, sister,
For soon shall the Master return,
To garner the wheat that we harvest,
The chaff in His fury to burn;
Then in haste let us rush to the rescue,
But few can we save at the most:
Soon millions shall be at the judgment,
Forever, eternally lost.

Hope it helps. God bless!
Steve

[Guest]

That's it. would you happen to know where we can get the music? Thanks so much!

[steveliu]

Sure! As luck would have it, a MIDI and sheet music are both available at this great site:

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Eternity/

God bless!
Steve