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Sad Is The Drunkard's Life

1866

Fanny J. Crosby

William B. Bradbury

The New Golden Shower

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https://hymnary.org/text/sad_is_the_drunkards_life

1 Sad is the drunkard's life, Wasting in crime, Far from the path of right, Reckless of time, Tears of repentant grief, Chill as they start, Hardly a tender thought, Wakes in his heart. 2 Often a single spark, Kindles a flame, Kindness may win him back, Prayer may reclaim, Go when he sits alone, Burdened with care, Tell him his sinful course, Plead with him there. 3 Pictures a happy past, Gone from his sight, Bring back his early youth, Cloudless and bright, Tell how a mother's eye, Watched while he slept, Tell how she prayed for him, Sorrow'd and wept. 4 Point to the better land, Home of the blest, Where she has passed away Gone to her rest, O'er that departed one, Memory will yearn God in his mercy grant, He may return.