Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Ye glittering toys of earth adieu
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 249
Page Number: 236, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsYe glittering toys of earth adieu,
A nobler choice be mine;
A real prize attracts our view,
A treasure all divine.
Begone, unworthy of my cares,
Ye specious baits of sense; --
Inestimable worth appears,
The pearl of price immense!
Jesus, to multitudes unknown,
O name divinely sweet!
Jesus, in thee, in thee alone,
Wealth, honor, pleasure meet.
Should both the Indies, at my call,
Their boasted stores resign;
With joy I would renounce them all
For leave to call thee mine.
Should earth's vain treasures all depart,
Of this dear gift possess'd,
I'd clasp it to my joyful heart,
And be forever blessed.
Dear sov'reign of my soul's desires,
Thy love is bliss divine;
Accept the wish that love inspires,
And bid me call thee mine.