Christ in Song ‎#184

184. On Trifling Cares

1 Why do we waste on trifling cares
That life which God's compassion spares,
While in the various range of thought,
The one thing needful is forgot?

2 Shall God invite us from above?
Shall Jesus urge his dying love?
Shall troubled conscience give us pain?
And all these pleas unite in vain?

3 Not so our eyes will always view
Those objects which we now pursue;
Not so will heav'n and hell appear,
When death's decisive hour is near.

4 Almighty God, thy grace impart;
Fix deep conviction on each heart;
Nor let us waste on trifling cares
That life in which thy compassion spares.

Text Information

• First Line: Why do we waste on trifling cares
• Title: On Trifling Cares
• Author: P. Doddridge
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Invitation and Repentance
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WELTON
• Composer: C. H. A. Malan
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.