Text: | Vain, delusive world, adieu |
Tune: | DELIGHT [1] |
Media: | MIDI file |
1.
Vain, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good;
Only Jesus I pursue,
Who bought me with his blood;
All thy pleasures I forego;
I trample on thy wealth and pride;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
2.
Other knowledge I disdain,
'Tis all but vanity;
Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain,
He tasted death for me:
Me to save from endless woe
The sin atoning Victim died;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
3.
Here will I set up my rest;
My fluctuating heart
From the haven of his breast
Shall nevermore depart;
Whither should a sinner go?
His wounds for me stand open wide;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
4.
Him to know is life and peace,
And pleasure without end;
This is all my happiness,
On Jesus to depend;
Daily in his grace to grow,
And ever in his faith abide;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
5.
O that I could all invite,
This saving truth to prove;
Show the length, the breadth, the height,
And depth of Jesus' love!
Fain I would to sinners show
The blood by faith alone applied;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Vain, delusive world, adieu |
Title: | Vain, delusive world, adieu |
Meter: | 7, 6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1854 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DELIGHT [1] |
Meter: | 7, 6 |
Incipit: | 13455 44322 34543 |
Source: | Methodist Hymn Book, p. 325 |
Media | |
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Audio recording: | MP3 (Brock Organ) |
MIDI file: | Delight[1].midi |