Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: If life's pleasures charm you give them not your heart
Topic: Exhortatory Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 184
Page Number: 276, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIF life's pleasures charm you, give them not your heart,
Lest the gift 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 appal you--to your Saviour flee;
He ever near, your pray'r will hear,
And calm your perturbation;
The waves of woe shall ne'er o'erflow
The Rock of your Salvation.
When earth's prospect 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 cannot o'erthrow
The Rock of your 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:
'Tis sweet to die with Jesus nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.