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Text:In vain would boasting reason find
Author:Anna Steele
Tune:SEASONS
Adapter:John H. Spielman
Composer:Ignace Pleyel, 1757-1831

187. In vain would boasting reason find

1 In vain would boasting reason find
The path to happiness and God;
Her weak directions leave the mind
Bewildered in a doubtful road.

2 Jesus, Thy words alone impart
Eternal life; on these I live;
Diviner comforts cheer my heart
Than all the powers of nature give.

3 Here let my constant feet abide;
Thou art the true, the living way.
Let Thy good Spirit be my guide
To the bright realms of endless day.

4 The various forms that men devise
To shake my faith with treach'rous art
I scorn as vanity and lies
And bind Thy Gospel to my heart.

Text Information
First Line: In vain would boasting reason find
Author: Anna Steele (1760)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Catechism: The Word; Quinquagesima; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Tune Information
Name: SEASONS
Composer: Ignace Pleyel, 1757-1831
Adapter: John H. Spielman (1881)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Key: G Major
Notes: Alternate tune: MENDON, #186



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