Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: When our purest delights are nipped in the blossom
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Silas Vail
Meter: 12s and 8s
Tune: To Whom Shall We Go
Hymn Number: 446
Page Number: 162, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen our pur-est de-lights are nipped in the blos-som,
When those we love best are laid low;
When grief plants in secret her thorn in the bo-som,
De-sert-ed-"to whom shall we go?"
When, with er-ror bewildered, our path be-comes drea-ry,
And tears of de-spon-den-cy flow;
When the whole heart is sick and the whole heart is weary,
De-spair-ing-"to whom shall we go?"