Laudes Domini ‎#283

283. One Thing needful

1 Why will ye 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 you from above?
Shall Jesus urge his dying love?
Shall troubled conscience give you pain?
And all these please unite in vain?

3 Not so your eyes will always view
Those objects which you now pursue;
Not so will heaven 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 which thy compassion spares.

Text Information

• First Line: Why will ye waste on trifling cares
• Title: One Thing needful
• Author: Philip Doddridge
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Ecclesiastes 11:9
  ;
  Haggai 1:7
  ;
  Luke 10:42
• Topic: Access to God; Conscience
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: SEASONS
• Composer: I. Pleyel
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.