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Hymn: If life's pleasures charm thee give them not thy heart (FL)

Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion

Date: 1867

Compiler: A D Fillmore

Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co

First Line: If life's pleasures charm thee give them not thy heart

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: A Fillmore

Meter: 11s 8s and 7s

Tune: Gallia

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 246, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

If life's pleasures charm thee, give them not thy heart,

Lest the gift ensnare thee from thy God to part;

His favor seek, his praises keep, 

Fix here your hope's foundation;

Serve him, and he will ever be

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation.



If distress befall thee, painful though it be,

Let not grief appall thee, to thy savior flee;

He, ever near, your prayer will hear,

And calm thy perturbation;

The waves of woe shall ne'er o'erflow 

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation.



Dangers may approach thee, let them not alarm;

Christ will ever watch thee, and protect from harm.

He near thee stands, with mighty hands

To ward off each temptation;

To Jesus fly, he's ever nigh,

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of they salvation.



Let not death alarm thee, shrink not from his blow,

For thy God shall arm thee, and victory bestow;

For death shall bring to thee no sting,

The grave no deolation;

'Tis gain to die, with Jesus nigh,

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation,

The Rock of thy salvation.