Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: People of the living God
Topic: The Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> Montgomery
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 368
Page Number: 227, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPeople of the living God!
I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort nowhere found.
Now to you my spirit turns,
Turns, a fugitive unblessed;
Brethren! where your altar burns,
O receive me into rest.
Lonely I no longer roam,
Like the cloud, the wind, the wave;
Where you dwell shall be my hone,
Where you die shall be my grave.
Mine the God whom you adore,
Your Redeemer shall be mine;
Earth can fill my heart no more,
Every idol I resign.
Tell me not of gain or loss,
Ease, enjoyment, pomp, and power;
Welcome! poverty and cross,
Shame, reproach, affliction's hour.
"Follow me!" -- I know thy voice,
Jesus, Lord! thy steps I see;
Now I take thy yoke by choice,
Light thy burden now to me.