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Die Zahlennotation (auch Jianpu oder 简谱 genannt) schreibt jede Melodienote als Zahl von 1 bis 7 statt als Note auf einem Notensystem. Die Zahl zeigt die Stellung der Note in der Tonleiter des Liedes -- nicht ihre genaue Tonhöhe --, sodass dieselbe Melodie unabhängig von der gesungenen Tonart gleich aussieht.

Innerhalb einer Oktave entsprechen die Zahlen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 den bekannten Solmisationssilben Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti. Ein Punkt über einer Zahl hebt sie um eine Oktave an; ein Punkt darunter senkt sie um eine Oktave ab -- ohne Punkt bleibt es bei der mittleren, so geschriebenen Oktave.

Eine einzelne Zahl dauert einen Schlag. Ein Bindestrich (-) direkt nach einer Zahl hält dieselbe Note einen weiteren Schlag lang. Ein Strich unter einer Zahl verkürzt sie dagegen -- ein Strich ist ein halber Schlag, zwei Striche ein viertel Schlag. Eine 0 ist eine Pause: ein Schlag Stille.

Die Angabe oben auf dem Notenblatt, zum Beispiel "1=C" oder "1=Ab", zeigt, auf welcher Tonhöhe die Stufe 1 ("Do") liegt. Ein Lied in Moll trägt stattdessen die Angabe "6=X" -- Stufe 6 ("La") ist dann der eigentliche Grundton. Akkordsymbole über den Noten (wie "C" oder "G7") werden immer mit ihren gewohnten Buchstabennamen geschrieben, nie als Zahlen.

Bei der Angabe "1=C" klingen die Zahlen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 als C D E F G A B. Bei "1=G" klingen dieselben Zahlen dagegen als G A B C D E F# -- gleiche Form, andere Tonart.

Life at best is very brief

Gospel Persuasion

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1
Life at best is very brief,
Like the falling of a leaf,
Like the binding of a sheaf,
Be in time!
Fleeting days are telling fast
That the die will soon be cast,
And the fatal line be passed,
Be in time!
 
Be in time! Be in time!
While the voice of Jesus calls you,
Be in time!
If in sin you longer wait,
You may find no open gate,
And your cry be just too late:
Be in time!
2
Fairest flowers soon decay,
Youth and beauty pass away;
O you have not long to stay,
Be in time!
While God’s Spirit bids you come,
Sinner, do not longer roam,
Lest you seal your hopeless doom,
Be in time!
3
Time is gliding swiftly by,
Death and judgment draweth nigh,
To the arms of Jesus fly,
Be in time!
O I pray you count the cost!
Ere the fatal line be crossed,
And your soul in hell be lost,
Be in time!
4
Sinner, heed the warning voice,
Make the Lord your final choice,
Then all heaven will rejoice,
Be in time!
Come from darkness into light;
Come, let Jesus make you right;
Come, receive His life tonight,
Be in time!

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Jasper Makworo

Nairobi, Kenya

Jun 3, 2015

Uplifting song to the soul that is calling us to get closer to meet our Savior by making a decision in time Now.

It really reminds us that we need to keep watch and pray and we wait upon our reader. Our life is so short in this world.

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Bishop Praises Omole

Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria

Jan 15, 2015

Life truly is very brief
Make us true to our call, O Lord
Before we drop off this earth like a falling leaf.

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Betty Hill

Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand

Sep 16, 2014

I am putting this hymn at the conclusion of my husband's biography. He went to be with the Lord in 2009, and played and sang this hymn in the 1940's. It bring back many memories.

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Samuel Ruth Chadi

Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria

Aug 3, 2014

I remember when we were growing up our choir use to sing this very song. When I lost my aunt, this very song was sang during her wake keep. Any time I remember, sing or hear this song I shared tears. Truly and indeed the word of the Lord is sure. Let the whole know that this life at its very best is brief indeed. Lord help me to make useful use of my time for You. This song is not only for the unsaved. Is both for the saved and unsaved.

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Maureen Reid

Gardenstown, Aberdeenshire

Jul 11, 2014

Beautiful hymn especially for the unsaved. Another in the same vein is Meet me there where the tree of life is blooming meet me there.

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Gordon Moore

Millisle, Down N. Ireland, United Kingdom

Jun 27, 2014

I was humming this tune today and could only remember some of the words. What a blessing to know that I'm saved and in time. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. GOD IS LOVE.

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Ruth Chadi Samuel

Lagos, State, Nigeria

Nov 15, 2013

What a joy to belong to the family of Christ.
I new this song in the early 80's as a young child.
I grew up and became a choir member till date.

I can as well sing it in the Hausa language. If you do not have Christ, you are heading to doom. No two ways about it.

It's really a song with sober reflection to the very day I accepted Christ as my Lord and personal Savior.

Life is very very brief.......

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Stanley

Calicut, Kerala, India

Okt 10, 2013

It's a beautiful song which I learned in my childhood, that is somewhere in the early 1950s. Thanks.

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Margaret Olusolape Jemilugba

Akure, Ondo, Nigeria

Aug 7, 2013

"Life at best is very brief" I remember this song tonight as I ponder over the sudden call to glory of Brother Peter Yidawi, the General Secretary of Fellowship of Christian Nurses, Nigeria. I sang this song as a member of the Joint Campus Choir in the university in the 70s during mission outreach at beginning of new sessions during altar calls. Very heart rendering! Thank God I got all the stanzas on the Internet and I sang as in the days of old. Lord keep me faithful till the end!

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Crimson Jebakumar

Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India

Jul 1, 2013

In June 1978, a gospel meeting was arranged in the TB hospital, Asaripallam, Nagercoil. I was a young boy, watching my father playing the organ and the drummer. Bro. Antipas preached the word of God and this was the core song of the sermon and he preached on the vanity of life on earth but the eternal salvation through Jesus Christ. I have seen many TB patients accepted Jesus as their Saviour. Many would have died later but one day we can meet in the Lord's presence. This song was sung twice in the beginning and the end and it was so touching. Caleb Annan's voice was superb at that time.

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