Verse 1
Time is filled with swift transition; naught of earth unmoved can stand.
Build your hopes on things eternal. Hold to God’s unchanging hand.
Chorus
Hold to His hand, God’s unchanging hand (x2)
Build your hopes on things eternal. Hold to God’s unchanging hand.
Verse 2
Trust in Him who will not leave you; whatsoever years may bring
If by earthly friends forsaken still more closely to Him cling
Chorus
Verse 3
Covet not this world’s vain riches that so rapidly decay
Seek to gain the heavenly treasures that will never pass away
Chorus
Verse 4
When your journey is completed, if to God you have been true
Fair and bright the home in glory your enraptured soul will view
Chorus