Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Send the joys of earth away
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 24
Page Number: 031, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI send the joys of earth away;
Away, ye tempters of the mind,
False as the smooth, deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind.
Your streams were floating me along
Dow to the gulf of black despair;
And while I listened to your song,
Your streams have e'en conveyed me there.
Lord, I adore thy matchless grace
That warned me of that dark abyss,
That drew me from those dangerous seas,
And bade me seek superior bliss.
Now to the shining realms above
I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes;
Oh! for the pinions of a dove
To bear me to the upper skies.
There, from the presence of my God,
Oceans of endless pleasure roll;
There would I fix my last abode,
And drown the sorrows of my soul.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise you the Son, exalt his name;
Praise you our God, praise you the Lamb.