The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5619

5619. People of the Living God

1. People of the living God,
I have sought the world around;
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort nowhere found:
Now to you my spirit turns—
Turns a fugitive unblest;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
Oh, receive me into rest.

2. Lonely I no longer roam
Like the cloud, the wind, the wave;
Where you dwell shall be my home,
Where you die shall be my grave;
Mine the God whom you adore;
Your Redeemer shall be mine;
Earth can fill my soul no more—
Every idol I resign.

3. Tell me not of gain and loss,
Ease, enjoyment, pomp, and pow’r;
Welcome poverty and cross,
Shame reproach, affliction’s hour.
Follow Me—I know Thy voice;
Jesus, Lord, Thy steps I see;
Now I take Thy yoke by choice,
Light Thy burden now to me.

Text Information

• First Line: People of the living God
• Title: People of the Living God
• Author: James Montgomery (1829)
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: HERVEY, Frederick A. J. Hervey, 1872

Tune Information

• Name: ENNIUS
• Meter: 77.77 D
• Incipit: 32117 12543 21713
• Key: G Major
• Source: Harmonia Sacra, by Joseph Funk, 1778-1862
• Copyright: Public Domain