He Liveth Long
- Words:
- Horatius Bonar
- Music:
- Timothy R. Matthews
Sheet music
- 1He liveth long who liveth well,All other life is short and vain;He liveth longest who can tellOf living most for heav’nly gain.He liveth long who liveth well,All else is being flung away;He liveth longest who can tellOf true things truly done each day.
- 2Be what thou seemest; live thy creed,Hold up to earth the torch divine;Be what thou prayest to be made;Let the great Master’s steps be thine.Fill up each hour with what will last;Buy up the moments as they go;The life above, when this is past,Is the ripe fruit of life below.
- 3Sow truth, if thou the true wouldst reap;Who sows the false shall reap the vain;Erect and sound thy conscience keep,From hollow words and deeds refrain.Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure;Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright;Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor,And find a harvest home of light.Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1864, the words are in 55 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.