Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Begone my worldly cares away
Topic: Saturday Evening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 197
Page Number: 189, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBegone, my worldly cares away,
Nor dare to tempt my sight,
Let me begin the Sabbath day,
Before I end this night.
Yes, let the work of prayer and praise
Employ my heart and tongue;
Begin my soul - thy Sabbath days
Can never be too long.
Let the past mercies of the week,
Excite a grateful flame;
Nor let my tongue refuse to speak
Some good of Jesus' name.
Jesus! How pleasing is the sound,
How worthy of thy love;
Why is my heart so lifeless found,
Why placed no more above?
Forgive my dulness, dearest Lord,
And quicken all my powers;
Prepare me to attend thy word,
T' improve the sacred hours.
On wings of expectation borne,
My hopes to heaven ascend;
I long to welcome in the morn,
With thee the day to spend.