Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book
Date: 1816
Compiler: Joseph Thomas
Publisher/Printer: J Foster
First Line: All worldly pleasure I'll forego
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: XCIV
Page Number: 120, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAll worldly pleasure I'll forego,
And follow Jesus here below-
'Tho I'm cast out with shame,
The worldling's scorn, I now despise,
And seek my honor of the skies;
And my eternal fame.
No 'biding city here I crave-
No constant home I here would have,
For soon I must remove;
With god I then shall find my place;
Eternal ages, by his grace,
I'll triumph in his love.
My hope is fix'd above the skies-
Eternal life is now my prize,
No other I pursue-
The monarch's crown or richest store,
Or all your fashions, are no more
Than nothing, in my view.
While I am passing through the crowd,
Despis'd by all the vain and proud,
My soul exults and sings
Salvation to my Jesus' name,
For him I will despise the shame,
And seek eternal things.
The love of God through all my soul
In streams of life most sweetly roll;
My Saviour now is here-
His ways I'll run, his name I'll spread,
Till I am number'd with the dead,
And found with him my dear