Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Thou only Sovereign of my heart
Topic: Christ/Refuge
Writer: Anne Steele
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hebron
Hymn Number: 140
Page Number: 052, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHOU only Sovereign of my heart,
My Refuge, my almighty Friend!
And can my soul from thee depart,
On whom alone my hopes depend?
Whither, ah! whither shall I go,
A wretched wanderer, from my Lord?
Can this dark world of sin and woe
One glimpse of happiness afford?
Thy name my inmost powers adore;
Thou art my life, my joy, my care.
Depart from thee-'tis death-'tis more-
'Tis endless ruin, deep despair!
Low at thy feet my soul would lie;
Here safety dwells, and peace divine.
Still let me live beneath thine eye,
For life, eternal life, is thine.