Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: In vain the giddy world enquires
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 290
Page Number: 271, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIn vain the giddy world enquires,
Forgetful of their God,
"Who will supply our vast desires,
"Or show us any good?"
Thro' the wide circuit of the earth
Their eager wishes rove,
In chance of honor, wealth and mirth,
The phantoms of their love.
But oft these shadows joys elude
Their most intense pursuit:
Or if they seize the fancied good,
There's poison in the fruit.
Lord, from this world call off my love,
Set my affections right;
Bid me aspire to joys above,
And walk no more by sight.
O let the glories of thy face
Upon my bosom shine;
Assur'd of thy forgiving grace,
My joys will be divine.