Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: My rising soul with strong desires (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: My rising soul with strong desires

Topic: God Perfect

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

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 239

Page Number: 228, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

My rising soul with strong desires,

To perfect happiness aspires,

With steady steps would tread the road,

That leads to heaven, that leads to God.



I thirst to drink unmingled love,

From the pure fountain-head above;

My dearest Lord, I long to be

Empty'd of sin, and full of thee.



For thee I pant, for thee I burn,

Art thou withdrawn?  Again return,

Nor let me be the first to say,

Thou wilt not hear when sinners pray.