Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Happy the man whose cautious steps
Topic: The Christian
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 213
Page Number: 237, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHappy the man, whose cautious steps
Still keep the golden mean;
Whose life by wisdom's rules well form'd,
Declares a conscience clean.
Not of himself he highly thinks,
Nor acts the boaster's part,
His modest tongue the language speaks
Of his still humbler heart.
Not in the base scandal's arts he deals,
For truth dwells in his breast;
With grief, he sees his neighbor's faults,
And thinks and hopes the best.
What blessings bounteous heav'n bestows,
He takes with thankful heart;
With temp'rance he both eats and drinks;
And gives the poor a part.
To sect or party, his large soul
Disdain to be confin'd;
The good he loves, of ev'ry name,
And prays for all mankind.
Pure is his zeal, the offspring fair,
Of truth and heavenly love;
The bigot's rage can never dwell
Where rests the heav'nly dove.
His business is to keep his heart,
Each passion to control;
Nobly ambitious well to rule
The empire of his soul.
Not on the world his heart is set,
His treasure is above;
Nothing beneath the sov'reign good,
Can claim his highest love.