Trav’eler, see thy gracious day,
Swiftly drawing to an end!
Mend thy pace, pursue thy way,
Ere the shades of night descend;
Fear to lose a moment’s space,
Walk, advance, and hasten on,
And when death concludes thy race,
Dying shout, The work is done!
Traveller, see thy gracious day
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.’—[John 12,] v. 35." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 494.
Publishing: Public Domain