Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Beset with snares on ev'ry hand
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 56
Page Number: 062, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBeset with snares on ev'ry hand,
In life's uncertain path I stand,
Saviour divine, diffuse thy light,
And guide my doubtful footsteps right.
Engage this roving treach'rous heart,
To fix on Mary's better part;
To scorn the trifles of a day,
For joys that none can take away.
Then let the wildest storms arise;
Let tempests mingle earth and skies;
No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.
If thou, my Jesus, still be nigh,
Cheerful I live, and joyful die,
Secure, when mortal comforts flee,
To find ten thousand worlds in thee.