Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#464

464. When languor and disease invade

1 When languor and disease invade
This trembling house of clay,
’Tis sweet to look beyond my pains,
And long to fly away.

2 Sweet to look inward, and attend
The whispers of His love;
Sweet to look upward to the place
Where Jesus pleads above.

3 Sweet to look back, and see my name
In life’s fair book set down;
Sweet to look forward and behold
Eternal joys my own.

4 Sweet to reflect how grace divine
My sins on Jesus laid;
Sweet to remember that His blood
My debt of suffering paid.

Text Information

• First Line: When languor and disease invade
• Meter: C. X.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Affilction; Christians: their life and experience; Hope: in afflictions; Lukewarmness; Resignation
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: Toplady

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