5760 | The Cyber Hymnal#5761 | 5762 |
Text: | Religion Is the Chief Concern |
Author: | John Fawcett |
Tune: | GREEN HILL (Peace) |
Composer: | Albert Lister Peace |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Religion is the chief concern
Of mortals here below:
May I its great importance learn
Its sovereign virtue know!
2. More needful this than glittering wealth
Or aught the world bestows;
Nor reputation, food nor health,
Can give us such repose.
3. Religion should our thoughts engage,
Amidst our youthful bloom;
’Twill fit us for declining age,
And for the awful tomb.
4. O may my heart, by grace renewed,
Be my Redeemer’s throne;
And be my stubborn will subdued,
His government to own!
5. Let deep repentance, faith, and love
Be joined with godly fear;
And all my conversation prove
My heart to be sincere.
6. Let lively hope my soul inspire;
Let warm affections rise;
And may I wait with strong desire
To mount above the skies!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Religion is the chief concern |
Title: | Religion Is the Chief Concern |
Author: | John Fawcett (1782) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns Adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion, 1782 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GREEN HILL (Peace) |
Composer: | Albert Lister Peace (1885) |
Meter: | CM |
Incipit: | 33321 44325 54366 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |