Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Jesus to every willing mind
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s and 7s
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Hymn Number: 717
Page Number: 437, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus to every willing mind
Opens a heavenly treasure:
In Him the sons of sorrow find
Sources of real pleasure.
See what employments men pursue,
Then you will own my words are true,
Jesus alone unfolds to view
Sources of real pleasure.
Poor are the joys that fools esteem,
Fading and transitory:
Mirth is a fleeting as a dream,
Or a delusive story,
Luxury leaves a sting behind,
Wounding the body and the mind;
Only in Jesus can we find
Pleasure and solid glory.
Learning, that boasting, glittering thing,
Scarcely is worth possessing
Riches forever on the wing,
Scarce can be called a blessing,
Fame, like a shadow flies away,
Titles and dignities decay,
Nought but religion can display
Joys that are free from trouble.
Beauty with all its gaudy shows,
Is but a painted bubble;
Short are the triumphs wit bestows,
Full of deceit and trouble;
Sensual pleasures swell desire,
Just as the fuel feeds the fire;
Religion can real bliss inspire,
Bliss that is worth possessing.