Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Early my God without delay
Topic: Public Worship/Opening and Closing
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Lanesboro'
Hymn Number: 531
Page Number: 192, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsEarly, my God, without delay,
I haste to seek thy face;
My thirsty spirit faints away,
My thirsty spirit faints away,
Without thy cheering grace,
So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.
Not life itself, with all its joys,
Can my best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice,
As thy forgiving love.
Thus, till my last expiring day,
I'll bless my God and King;
Thus will I lift my hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.