Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: A weak and weary dove with drooping wing
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Hastings
Tune: After the Toil
Hymn Number: 674
Page Number: 246, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA weak and weary dove, with drooping wing,
And tired of wandering o'er this watery waste,
Jesus, my ark! once more, a worthless thing,
To thee I fly, thy pardoning love to taste.
For since I left thy sweet, secure retreat,
In search of pleasures fair, though false and vain,
My peace-- might joy have flown; no rest my feet
Have found; and now I turn to thee again!
I've sought for rest in friendship's hallowed shrine,
But loved ones change, and earth's endearments end:
No love is true and lasting, Lord, but thine;
Henceforth, Incarnate Love, be thou my friend.
I've sought to find a place to rest my feet
In fame's alluring temple, bright and gay;
In health, and competence, and pleasures sweet,
But short and transient as the passing day.