Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: O Lord I would delight in thee
Topic: The Goodness of God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 126
Page Number: 127, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO Lord, I would delight in thee,
And on thy care depend;
To thee in every trouble flee,
My best, my only friend.
When all created streams are dry'd,
Thy fulness is the same;
May I wish this be satisfy'd,
And glory in thy name!
Why should the soul a drop bemoan,
Who has a fountain near,
A fountain which will ever run
With waters sweet and clear?
No good in creatures can be found,
But may be found in thee;
I must have all things, and abound,
While God is God to me.
O that I had a stronger faith
To look within the veil,
To credit what my Saviour saith,
Whose word can never fail!
O Lord, I'd cast my care on thee,
I'd triumph and adore;
Henceforth my great concern should be
To love and please thee more.