Tune:  Bless God from whom all blessings flow….

I in the autumn’s fine array
see more than I with words can say,
my life I in this season see
that soon in Paradise will be!

The golden colors seem to say
that though my body will decay,
my age its beauty may not lose
if Christ I in His fullness choose!

I at the soil of any grave
may laugh because my Lord will save
me from its shadow, gloom and fear
His “welcome home” I soon shall hear!

Lo, yonder Jesus has prepared
a place for me, so why be scared?
Light lies ahead, my motto is,
such words of hope are solely His!

In Jesus Christ and Him alone
I have my Rock and Cornerstone,
the more my colors fade away,
the more He shines as brightest day!

Yakima, WA, USA, Oct. 27, 201