Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Far from my thoughts vain world be gone
Topic: Rejoicing
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 135
Page Number: 146, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFar from my thoughts, vain world be gone,
Let my religious hours alone;
Fain would my eyes my Saviour see,
I wait a visit, Lord, from thee.
My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire;
Come my dear Jesus, from above,
And feed my soul with heav'nly love.
The trees of life immortal stand,
In fragrant rows at thy right hand;
And in sweet murmurs by their side,
Rivers of bliss perpetual glide.
Haste then, but with a smiling face,
And spread the table of thy grace,
Bring down a taste of truth divine,
And cheer my heart with sacred wine.
Blest Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace and dying love.
Hail, great Immanuel, Lord divine!
In thee, thy Father's glories shine;
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one,
That eyes have seen or angels known.