Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Religion is the chief concern
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 54
Page Number: 056, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsReligion is the chief concern
Of mortals here below;
May I its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know.
More needful this than glittering wealth
Or aught the world bestows,
Not reputation, food or health,
Can give us such repose.
Religion should our thoughts engage,
Amidst our youthful bloom,
'Twill fit us for declining age,
And for the awful tomb.
O may my heart, by grace renewed,
Be my Redeemer's throne,
And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own.
Let deep repentance, faith and love,
Be joined with Godly fear;
And all my conversation prove
My heart to be sincere.
Preserve me from the snares of sin,
Through my remaining days:
And in me let each virtue shine,
To my Redeemer's praise.
Let lively hope my soul inspire,
Let warm affections rise;
And may I wait with strong desire,
To mount above the skies.