A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#619

619. Creatures are but vain at best

1 Creatures are but vain at best;
In them is no solid rest.
All the world calls good or great
Cannot perfect bliss create.

2 Souls renewed by grace divine,
Carnal pleasures will resign;
Holiness, without a stain,
They are thirsting to obtain.

3 Satisfied! not they indeed,
Till with Christ, their living Head,
They in heavenly bliss appear,
And his likeness fully bear.

4 [Heart and flesh may fail, ’tis true;
Sin and Satan plague them too!
Hell and earth their powers unite,
Christ to banish from their sight;

5 For a season they may be
Left at an uncertainty,
Overwhelmed with fear and doubt,
Scarcely know what they’re about;

6 Yet they feel a panting mind
For a God supremely kind;
Satisfied they cannot be,
But as they his beauty see.]

Text Information

• First Line: Creatures are but vain at best
• Author: W. Gadsby
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844
• Scripture:
  Psalm 15:19
• Topic: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind

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