Church Book ‎#450

450. Beset with snares on every hand

1 Beset with snares on every hand,
In life’s uncertain path I stand:
Saviour divine! diffuse Thy light,
To guide my doubtful footsteps right.

2 Engage this roving treacherous heart
Wisely to choose the better part;
To scorn the trifles of a day,
For joys that none can take away.

3 Then let the wildest storms arise;
Let tempests mingle earth and skies:
No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.

4 If Thou, my Jesus, still be nigh,
Cheerful I live, and joyful die:
Secure, when mortal comforts flee,
To find ten thousand worlds in Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Beset with snares on every hand
• Author: Doddridge (1755, a.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: The Heavenly Spirit; Sexagesima Sunday; Eighth Sunday after Trinity; Ninth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune: #316 or #412

Tune Information

• Name: ST. GALL
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Source from index: Ad. from "Cant. S. Galli." W. H. Monk