Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Let avarice from shore to shore
Topic: The Bible
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 12
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLet avarice from shore to shore,
Her idol, wealth, 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 heav'nly love
Our ardent wishes meet.
Our num'rous griefs are here redress'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.