Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Earthly joys no longer please us
Topic: Christian/Consecration
Writer: C Ford
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Autumn
Hymn Number: 512
Page Number: 174, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEARTHLY joys no longer please us;
Here would we renounce them all,
Seek our only rest in Jesus,
Him our Lord and Master call.
Faith, our languid spirits cheering,
Points to brighter worlds above;
Bids us look for his appearing,
Bids us triumph in his love.
May our lights be always burning
And our loins be girded round,
Waiting for our Lord's returning,
Longing for the welcome sound.
Thus the Christian life adorning,
Never will we be afraid,
Should he come at night or morning,
Early dawn or evening shade.