Saturday, December 14, 2013
"Life's Railway to Heaven"
"Life's Railroad to Heaven"
(My Dad's favorite song.)
M.L. Abbey
Charle Davis Tillman, 186l - 1943
Arr. by J. Jefferson Cleland, 1937
and Verolga Nix, 1933
1.
Life is like a mountain railroad.
With an engineer that's brave:
We must make the run successful
from the cradle to the grave;
Watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels,
Never falter, never quail;
Keep your hand upon the throttle,
And your eye upon the rail.
Refrain
Blessed Savior,
Thou wilt guide us,
Till we reach that blissful shore.
Where the angels wait to join us
In Thy praise for-ever-more.
2.
You will roll up grades of trial,
You will cross the bridge of strife;
See that Christ is your conductor
On the this light-ning train of life
Always mindful of obstruction.
Do your duty never fail:
Keep your hand upon the throttle,
And your eye upon the rail.
Refrain (Verse 3, 4)