Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Jesus my all to heaven is gone
Topic: Longing for Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 284
Page Number: 240, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, my all, to heaven is gone,
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I'll pursue,
The narrow way, till him I view.
The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment;
The King's high way of holiness,
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.
This is the way I long have sought,
And mourn'd because I found it not;
My grief my burden long has been,
Because I was not sav'd from sin.
The more I strove against its power,
I felt its weight and guilt the more;
Till late I heard my Saviour say,
"Come hither soul, I am the way."
Lo! glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee as I am;
My sinful self to thee I give,
Nothing but love shall I receive.
Now will I tell to sinners round,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to thy Redeeming blood,
And, say "behold the way to God."