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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
This is an hymn by [[John Gambold]], published in James Hutton's ''A collection of hymns with several translations from the hymn-book of the Moravian brethren'', 1742. Meter is {{CiteCat|55. 65}} | |||
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==Text and translations== | ==Text and translations== | ||
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1. O tell me no more | |||
Of this world's vain store; | |||
The time for such trifles | |||
With me now is o'er. | |||
2. A country I've found, | |||
Where true joys abound; | |||
To dwell I'm determined | |||
On that happy ground. | |||
3. The souls that believe, | |||
{{ | In paradise live: | ||
And me in that number | |||
Will Jesus receive.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. My soul, don't delay, | |||
He calls thee away! | |||
Rise, follow thy Savior, | |||
And bless the glad day. | |||
5. No mortal doth know | |||
What He can bestow, | |||
What light, strength, and comfort: | |||
Go after Him, go! | |||
6. Lo! onward I move, | |||
And but Christ above | |||
None guesses, how wondrous | |||
My journey will prove.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
7. Great spoils I shall win | |||
From death, hell, and sin; | |||
'Midst outward afflictions | |||
Shall feel Christ within. | |||
8. Perhaps for his name, | |||
Poor dust as I am, | |||
Some works I shall finish | |||
With glad loving aim. | |||
9. I still (which is best) | |||
Shall in his dear breast | |||
As at the beginning, | |||
Find pardon and rest.}} | |||
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10. And when I'm to die, | |||
"Receive me," I'll cry, | |||
For Jesus hath loved me, | |||
I cannot say why. | |||
11. But this I do find, | |||
We two are so joined, | |||
He'll not live in glory | |||
And leave me behind. | |||
12. Lo this is the race | |||
I'm running, through grace, | |||
Henceforth, till admitted | |||
To see my Lord's face.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
13. And now I'm in care | |||
My neighbors may share | |||
These blessings: To seek them | |||
Will none of you dare? | |||
14. In bondage, O why, | |||
And death will you lie, | |||
When one here assures you | |||
Free grace is so nigh?}} | |||
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==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 04:15, 13 August 2017
General information
This is an hymn by John Gambold, published in James Hutton's A collection of hymns with several translations from the hymn-book of the Moravian brethren, 1742. Meter is 55. 65
Settings by composers
- Samuel Babcock — Needham English STB
- James P. Carrell — Hanover English SATB
- James P. Carrell — Palestine English SSTB
- Lucius Chapin — Unitia English SATB
- Alexander Gillet — Augusta English SATB
- Jacob Kimball — Edinburgh English SATB
- Hezekiah Moors — Zaara English SATB
- William Walker — Sweet Harmony English SATB
Text and translations
English text 1. O tell me no more |
4. My soul, don't delay, |
7. Great spoils I shall win |
10. And when I'm to die, |
13. And now I'm in care |
External links
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