Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: When our purest delights are nipt in the blossom
Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 12s and 8s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 938
Page Number: 558, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen our purest delights are nipt in the blossom,
When those we love best are laid low;
When grief plants in secret her thorn in the bosom,
Deserted--"to whom shall we go?"
When, with error bewildered, our path becomes dreary,
And tears of despondency flow;
When the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is weary,
Despairing--"to whom shall we go?"
Where the sad, thirsty soul turns away from the springs
Of pleasure this world can bestow,
And sighs for another, and flutters its wings,
Impatient--"to whom shall we go?"
O blest be that light which has parted the clouds,
And a path to the pilgrim can show;
That pierces the vail which the future enshrouds,
And tells us to whom we shall go!