Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Happiness thou lovely name
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 7s
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Hymn Number: Hymn 90 (part II)
Page Number: 078 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHAPPINESS, thou lovely name,
Where's thy seat, O tell me where?
Learning, pleasure, wealth, and fame,
All cry out-'it is not there.'
Not the wisdom of the wise
Can inform us where it lies;
Not the grandeur of the great
Can the bliss I seek create.
Object of my soul's desire,
Jesus, crucified for me!
All my happiness lies there,
Only to be found in thee:
Thee to praise, and thee to know,
Constitute our bliss below;
Thee to see, and thee to love,
Constitute our bliss above.
Lord, it is not life to live,
If thy presence thou deny,
Lord, if thou thy presence give,
'Tis no longer death to die;
Source and giver of repose,
Singly from thy smile it flows;
Peace and happiness are thine;
Mine they are, if thou art mine.