Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Religion is the chief concern
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: 101
Page Number: 143, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRELIGION is the chief concern
Of mortals here below;
May its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know!
More needful this, than glitter-ing wealth,
Or aught the world bestows,
Nor reputations, food or health,
Can give us such repose.
Religion should our thoughts engage,
Amidst our youthful bloom;
'T will fit us for declining age,
And for the awful tomb.
O, may my heart, by grace renewed,
Be my Redeemer's throne;
And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own.
Let deep repentance, faith, and love,
Be joined with godly fear;
And all my conversation prove
My heart to be sincere.