210 Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me

1 Who knows when death may overtake me! Time passes on, my end draws near. How swiftly can my breath forsake me! How soon can life's last hour appear! My God, for Jesus' sake I pray Your peace may bless my dying day. 2 My many sins in blinded error Since Jesus has my pardon won, In mercy robed, I shall all never Fear death, but trust in you alone. My God, for Jesus' sake I pray Your peace may bless my dying day. 3 Once in the blest baptismal waters I put on Christ and made him mine; Now, numbered with God's sons and daughters, I share his peace and love divine. My God, for Jesus' sake I pray Your peace may bless my dying day. 4 His body and his blood I've taken In his blest my perfect divine; Now I shall never be forsaken; For I am his and he is mine. My God, for Jesus' sake I pray Your peace may bless my dying day. 5 Though death may come today, tomorrow, I know in Christ I perish not. He grants the peace that stills all sorrow, Gives me a robe without a spot. My God, for Jesus' sake I pray Your peace may bless my dying day.