FADING AWAY
1. Fading away like the stars of the
morning,
Losing their light in the glorious sun
Thus would we pass from the earth
and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have
done.
Chorus:
Only remembered, only
remembered,
Only remembered by what we have
done;
Thus would we pass from the earth
and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have
done.
2. Shall we be missed, though by
others succeeded,
Reaping the fields we in spring-time
have sown?
Yes, but the sowers must pass from
their labours,
Ever remembered by what they
have done.
3. Only the truth that in life we have
spoken,
Only the seed that on earth we have
sown;
These shall pass onward when we
are forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we
have done.
4. Oh, when the Saviour shall make up
His jewels,
When the crowns of rejoicing are
won,
Then shall His weary and faithful
disciples
All be remembered by what they
have done.