Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: If life's pleasures charm you give them not you heart
Topic: Public Worship/Opening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Cook
Meter: PM
Tune: Rock of Salvation
Hymn Number: 547
Page Number: 197, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIf life's pleasures charm you, give them not your heart.
Lest the gift ensnare you from your God to part;
His favor seek, his praises speak-
Fix here your hope's foun-da-tion;
Serve him, and he will ev-er be
The Rock of your Sal-va-tion.
If distress befall you, painful though it be,
Let not grief appall you-to your Sav-ior flee;
He ever near, your prayer will hear,
And clam your perturbation;
The waves of woe shall ne'er o'erflow
The Rock of your Salvation.
When earth's prospects fail you, let it not distress;
Better comforts wait you-Christ will surely bless;
To Jesus flee-your prop he'll be,
Your heavenly consolation;
For griefs below can not o'erthrow
The Rock of your Salvation.
Dangers may approach you: let them not alarm:
Christ will ever watch you, and protect from harm;
He near you stands, with mighty hands,
To ward off each temptation;
To Jesus fly; he's ever nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.
Let not death alarm you, shrink not from his blow;
For your God shall arm you, and victory bestow,
For death shall bring to you no sting,
The grave no desolation;
'T is sweet to die with Jesus nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.