My barns are full, my stores increase

The words

1. 1

   Stanza 1. “My barns are full, my stores increase,And now, for many years,Soul, eat and drink, and take thine ease,Secure from wants and fears.”

2. 2

   Stanza 2. Thus while a worldling boasted once,As many now presume;He heard the LORD himself pronounceHis sudden, aweful doom.

3. 3

   Stanza 3. “This night, vain fool, thy soul must passInto a world unknown;And who shall then the stores possessWhich thou hast called thine own.”

4. 4

   Stanza 4. Thus blinded mortals fondly schemeFor happiness below;Till death disturb the pleasing dream,And they awake to woe.

5. 5

   Stanza 5. Ah! who can speak the vast dismayThat fills the sinner’s mind;When torn, by death’s strong hand, away,He leaves his all behind.

6. 6

   Stanza 6. Wretches, who cleave to earthly things,But are not rich to God;Their dying hour is full of stings,And hell their dark abode.

7. 7

   Stanza 7. Dear Savior, make us timely wise,Thy gospel to attend;That we may live above the skies,When this poor life shall end.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 102. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-102