Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Though all the world my choice deride
Topic: Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Devotion
Hymn Number: 260
Page Number: 100, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThough all the world my choice deride,
Yet Jesus shall my portion be;
For I am pleased with none beside;
The fairest of the fair is he.
Sweet is the visions of thy face,
And kindness o'er thy lips is shed,
Lovely art thou, and full of grace,
And glory beams around thy head.
Thy sufferings I embrace with thee,
Thy poverty and shameful cross;
The pleasure of the world I flee,
And deem its treasures only dross.
Be daily dearer to my heart,
And ever let me feel thee near;
Then willingly with all I'd part,
Nor count it worthy of a tear.