Life - Only Once

Life only once we can live it
Oh! what a great solemn thought;
Soon will our journey be over.
Soon will the battle be fought.

Oh, what shall it profit
Riches and pleasures to gain?
If your own soul is the forfeit,
Shall it not all be in vain?

Life, as the flowers that are blooming,
Withers and passes away;
All its great glory is fleeting--
Only the joy of a day.

If you are heavily laden,
Tired of a life that is vain,
Jesus has promised to save you,
If you will yield to His claim.

Will you now choose to obey Him,
Yielding yourself to His call?
This is the choice that will save you,
Making Him Lord of your all.

Oh, what shall it profit
Riches and pleasures to gain?
If your own soul is the forfeit,
Shall it not all be in vain?

Taken from an old hymn book titled: HYMNS: OLD AND NEW,
R. L. Allan & Sons, 141, 143 Sauchiehall St., Glascow, England, selection 47.