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If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast

Author: Nathaniel Cotton Appears in 40 hymnals

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Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXVII (1789) Lyrics: 1 If solid happiness we prize, Within our breasts this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam; The world has little to bestow, From our own selves our joys must flow, Our bliss begins at home. 2 We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind Providence hath sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; And if our store of wealth be small, With thankful hearts enjoy it all, Nor lose the present hour. 3 To be resign'd, when ills betide, Patient, when favours are deny'd, And pleas'd with favours giv'n; This is the wise, the virtuous part, This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance reaches heav'n. 4 Thus, crown'd with peace, thro' life we'll go, Its chequer'd paths of joy and wo With cautious steps we'll tread; Quit its vain scenes without a tear, Without a trouble or a fear, And mingle with the dead. 5 While Conscience, like a faithful friend, Shall thro' the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dying breath; Shall, when all other comforts cease, Like a kind angel whisper peace, And smooth the bed of death. Topics: Faith, Holiness and moral Virtues Contentment Languages: English

If solid happiness we prize

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #330 (1814) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 1 If solid happiness we prize, Within our breasts this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam. The world has little to bestow: From our own selves our joys must flow; Our bliss begins at home. 2 We'll therefore relish with content Whate'er kind providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r: And if our store of wealth be small, With thankful heart improve it all, Nor waste the present hour. 3 To be resign'd, when ills betide, Patient, when favours are denied, And pleas'd with favours giv'n: This is the wise, the virtuous part: This is that incense f the heart, Whose fragrance reaches heav'n. 4 Thus thro' life's changing scenes we'll go, Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we'll tread; Quit its vain scenes without a tear; Without a trouble or a fear, And mingle with the dead: 5 While conscience, like a faithful friend, Shall thro' the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dying breath; Shall, when all other comforts cease, Like a kind angel, whisper peace, And smooth the bed of death. Topics: Personal Duties Languages: English

If solid happiness we prize

Hymnal: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H111 (1808) Languages: English

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Nathaniel Cotton

1707 - 1788 Author of "If solid happiness we prize" Cotton, Nathaniel, M.D., born in 1707, and educated for the medical profession at Leyden. Giving his attention more especially to brain diseases, he first assisted a physician, who devoted his attention to the insane, at Dunstable; and they erected a large Asylum at St. Albans. In 1763 the poet Cowper became one of his patients, and, on his recovery, conceived a warm attachment for his medical friend. Dr. Cotton died at St Albans, Aug. 2, 1788. Several of his hymns appeared from 1760 onwards in Dr. Dodd's Christian's Magazine, some signed "Dr. Cotton, St. Albans," some “N.," and some without signature. His poetical works were published posthumously:— Various Pieces in Verse and Prose, 2 vols., Lond., Dodsley, 1791; and Visions in Verse, &c, with Memoir, 1808. His hymns came into use through Collyer's Collection, 1812. They are:— 1. Amid the various scenes of ill. Affliction Sanctified. From Various Pieces, &c, 1791. 2. Tell me, my soul, O tell me why. Sin the cause of fear. From Various Pieces, &c, 1791. 3. This is the day the Lord of Life. Sunday. From Various Pieces, &c, 1791. 4. While sorrow wrings my bleeding heart. Suffering. From his version of Ps. xiii., "Offended Majesty, how long ?" in the Christian's Magazine, Feb. 1761. 5. With fierce desire the hunted hart. Ps. 42. Dr. Cotton's most widely known hymn is, “Affliction is a stormy deep," q. v. It is a port of No. 5. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)