Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Lord shall we part with gold for dross (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: Lord shall we part with gold for dross

Topic: God Perfect

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

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 292

Page Number: 273, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Lord, shall we part with gold for dross,

With solid good for show?

Out-live our bliss, and mourn our loss

In everlasting wo?



Let us not lose the living God,

For one short dream of joy;

With fond embrace cling to a clod

And fling all heaven away.



Vain world, thy weak attempts forbear,

We all thy charms defy;

And rate our precious souls too dear,

For all thy wealth to by.