Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: If life's pleasure's charm you give them not your heart
Topic: The Gospel/The Hope of Eternal Life
Writer: F Key
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 439
Page Number: 268, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIf life's pleasure' charm you, give them not your heart,
Lest the fight ensnare you from your God to part;
His favor seek, his praises speak;
Fix here your hope's foundation;
Serve him, and he will ever be
The Rock of your Salvation.
If distress befall you, painful though it be,
Let not grief appall you -- to your Saviour flee;
He, ever near, your pray'r will hear,
And calm your perturbation;
The waves of wo shall ne'er o'erflow
The Rock of your Salvation.
When earth's prospects fail you, let it not distress,
Better comforts wait you -- Christ will surely bless;
To Jesus flee -- your prop he'll be,
Your heav'nly consolation;
For griefs below can not o'erthrow
The Rock of you Salvation.
Dangers may approach you, let them not alarm;
Christ will ever watch you, and protect from harm.
He near you stands with mighty hands
To ward off each temptation;
To Jesus fly; he's ever nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.
Let not death alarm you, shrink not from his blow;
For your God shall arm you and victory bestow.
For death shall bring to you no sting,
The grave no desolation;
'T is sweet to die with Jesus nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.