Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Let avarice from shore to shore
Topic: Excellency of the Scriptures
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 202
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLet avarice from shore to shore,
Her fav'rite good pursue;
Thy word, O Lord, we value more,
Than India or Peru.
Here mines of knowledge, love, and joy,
Are open to our sight;
The purest gold without alloy;
And gems divinely bright.
The counsels of redeeming grace,
These sacred leaves unfold,
And here the Saviour's lovely face,
Our raptur'd eyes behold.
Here light descending from above,
Directs our doubtful feet;
Here promises of heavenly love
Our ardent wishes meet.
Our numerous griefs are here redross'd,
And all our wants suppli'd,
Nought we can ask to make us blest,
Is in this book deni'd.
For these inestimable gains,
That so enrich the mind,
O may we search with eager pains,
Assur'd that we shall find.