Hymnal: A New Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, from various authors—some entirely new (3rd Windsor Ed.) #X (1793) First Line: I hear the gospel's joyful sound Lyrics: 1 I hear the gospel's joyful sound,
An organ I shall be,
For to sound forth redeeming love,
And sinners misery.
2 My honor'd parents, fare you well,
My Jesus doth me call;
I leave you here with God, until
I meet you once for all.
3 My wild affections I'll forsake
My parents and their house,
And to the wilderness betake,
To pay the Lord my vows.
4 Then I'll forsake my chiefest mates,
That nature could afford,
And wear the shield into the field,
To wait upon the Lord.
5 Then through the wilderness I'll run,
Preaching the gospel free;
O! be not anxious for your son,
The Lord will comfort me.
6 And if through preaching I should gain
True subjects to my Lord,
'Twill more than recompense my pain,
To see them love his word.
7 My soul doth wish mount Zion well,
What'er becomes of me;
Ther my best friends and kindred dwell,
And there I love to be.
8 Here, in thy courts I leave my vows,
And thy rich grace record:
Witness, ye saints who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord. Languages: English
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