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Text: | Vain are all terrestrial pleasures |
Tune: | VANISHING JOYS |
Composer: | I. B. Woodbury |
1 Vain are all terrestrial pleasures,
Mixed with dross the purest gold;
Seek we, then, for heavenly treasures,
Treasures never waxing old.
2 Earthly joys can never please us;
Here would we renounce them all;
Seek our only rest in Jesus,
Him our Lord and Master call.
3 Faith, our languid spirits cheering,
Points to brighter worlds above,
Bids us look for His appearing,
Bids us triumph in His love.
4 Thus the Christian life adorning,
Never need we be afraid,
Should He come at night or morning,
Early dawn, or evening shade.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Vain are all terrestrial pleasures |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1895 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VANISHING JOYS |
Composer: | I. B. Woodbury |
Meter: | 8s & 7s |
Key: | F Major or modal |