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Hymn 238: Eternity! Eternity

HYMN CCXXXVIII.

Eternity! Eternity! That boundless, soundless, tideless, sea, Of mysteries the mystery, What is Eternity to me?

Infinite bliss or misery, Woe past, woe present, woe to be; The fulness of felicity; These are Eternity to me.

Two voices from Eternity! A voice from heaven comes down to me, A voice from bell breaks dolefully, "Life, Death, O Man! are offer'd thee."

The abyss is moved; even Wrath cries "Flee!" The height expands, and Love cries "See What God hath here prepared for thee; Choose thou thine own Eternity!"