Church Book ‎#227

227. Lord, should we leave Thy hallowed feet

1 Lord, should we leave Thy hallowed feet,
To whom should we repair?
Where else such holy comforts meet,
As spring eternal there?

2 Earth has no fount of true delight,
No pure perennial stream;
And sorrow's storm, and death's long night,
Obscure life's brightest beam.

3 Unmingled joys 'tis Thine to give,
And undecaying peace:
For Thou canst teach us so to live,
That life shall never cease.

4 Thou only canst the cheering words
Of endless life supply;
Anointed of the Lord of lords,
The Son of God most high!

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, should we leave Thy hallowed feet
• Author: George Washington Doane (1826, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Communion with Christ; Advent, Third Sunday; Sunday after Christmas; Sundays in Lent; Lent, Fourth Sunday; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #98 or #104

Tune Information

• Name: DU GOTT BIST ÜBER ALLEN HERR
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: J. H. Knecht, 1793