Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#341

341. 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 unblessed;
Kindred, where your altar burns,
O 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 minel
Earth can fill my heart no more;
Ev'ry idol I resign.

3. Tell me not of gain or loss,
Ease, enjoyment, pomp, and pow'r;
Welcome poverty and cross,
Shame, reproach, affliction's hour;
Follow me! I know the voice;
Jesus, Lord, your steps I see;
Now I take your yoke by choice,
As your burden's light to me.

Text Information

• First Line: People of the living God
• Title: People of the Living God
• Author: James Montgomery (1819)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Ruth 1:16
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 26
• Notes: Text by Moravian poet-editor James Montgomery, from Thomas Cotterill’s Selection of Psalms and Hymns, 8th ed. (1819), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ENNIUS
• Composer: J.W. Belcher (1852)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Incipit: 32117 12
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Tune ENNIUS by J.W. Belcher from The Presbyterian Psalmodist (1852).