Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Of all the joys we mortals know (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: Of all the joys we mortals know

Topic: Love to Christ

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 210

Page Number: 199, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Of all the joys we mortals know,

Jesus, thy love exceeds the rest;

Love, the blest blessing here below,

The nearest image of the blest.



While we are held in thy embrace,

There's not a thought attempts to rove;

Each smile upon thy beauteous face

Fixes, and charms, and fires our love.



While of thy absence we complain,

And long, or weep in all we do,

There's a strange pleasure in the pain,

And tears have their own sweetness too.



When round thy courts by day we rove;

Or ask the watchmen of the night

For some kind tidings of our love,

Thy very name creates delight.



Jesus, our God, yet rather come;

Our eyes would dwell upon thy face;

'Tis best to see our Lord at home,

And feel the presence of his grace.