Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Let avarice from shore to shore
Topic: The Bible
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 16
Page Number: 142, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLET avarice from shore to shore
Her idol wealth pursue;
Thy word, O Lord, we value more
Than India or Peru.
Here mines of knowledge, love, and joy
Are open to our sight;
The purest gold without alloy,
And gems divinely bright.
The counsels of redeeming grace
These sacred leaves unfold,
And here the Saviour's lovely face
Our raptur'd eyes behold.
Here light descending from above,
Directs our doubtful feet;
Here promises of heav'nly love
Our ardent wishes meet.
Our num'rous griefs are here redress'd,
And all our wants supplied;
Naught we can ask to make us blest
Is in this book denied.
For these inestimable gains,
That so enrich the mind,
O may we search with eager pains,
Assur'd that we shall find.