No room for mirth or trifling here, For worldly hope or worldly fear, If life so soon is gone; If now the Judge is at the door, And all mankind must stand before The inexorable throne!

Bolton & Co. Verse:
189
Full Text
No room for mirth or trifling here, For worldly hope or worldly fear, If life so soon is gone; If now the Judge is at the door, And all mankind must stand before The inexorable throne!
Listed on Page Number
279
Sampler Worked By
Elizabeth D. Chace
Date of Sampler
1(?)43
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
37
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Wesley, Charles. "Hymns for Children", England, 1763.
Notes
This Hymn is well documented as to first appearing in 1763 in “Hymns for Children.” This is a problem since this sampler is dated 1743. Further investigation and correspondence with the New Bedford WHatling Museum suggests the stitched year was probably changed to a '7' from an '8' (1743 from 1843). https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_hymns-for-children_wesley-charles_1763/page/56/mode/2up See: "And am I born to die." The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 16 Apr. 2025.. unnumbered verse: https://archive.org/details/englishspellingb00newy/page/124/mode/2up?q=%22The+foundations+of+virtue+and+knowledge%22&view=theater Now in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, object: 00.102.1 https://newbedford.emuseum.com/objects/202470/sampler-of-elizabeth-d-chace