The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11690

11690. The Caution Is Not Vain

1 The caution is not vain:
We may unfaithful prove,
And turn from God to sin again,
And fall from pardoning love;
Yet will we boldly press
T’ward our high calling’s prize,
And follow after holiness,
And to perfection rise.

2 Perfection is the good
Which wrestling saints receive,
Worthy of all to be pursued
Who in our Lord believe:
Perfection is the goal
Which terminates our race;
And comes to that, the spotless soul
Expires in his embrace.

Text Information

• First Line: The caution is not vain
• Title: The Caution Is Not Vain
• Author: Charles Wesley
• Meter: SMD
• Language: English
• Source: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: OLIVET
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1870)
• Meter: SMD
• Key: A Major
• Copyright: Public Domain