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Life is the time to serve the Lord. The time to improve the great reward And while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return He tells them of Gods service them regard The eternal crown of life is their reward.

Full Text
Life is the time to serve the Lord. The time to improve the great reward And while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return He tells them of Gods service them regard The eternal crown of life is their reward.
Listed on Page Number
288
Sampler Worked By
Ester Peckham
Date of Sampler
1806
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
206
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Watts, Isaac. Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 2nd Ed., London: John Lawrence, 1709. pg. 71.
Notes
First appears in this, the second edition of Watt’s hymnal: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_hymns-and-spiritual-song_watts-isaac_1709/page/n94/mode/1up?q=%22great+reward%22 The note in Bolton and Coe is correct, it is Hymn 88. The second line is slightly varied from the original which uses “t’insure the great reward” The last two lines do not appear in the original hymn. After a thorough search there was no other result for these.