Text: | People of the living God |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | ONIDO |
Composer: | Ignace Pleyel |
1 People of the living God,
I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort nowhere found,
Now to you my spirit turns
Turns, a fugitive unblest;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
O, receive me into rest!
2 Lonely I no longer roam,
Like the cloud, the wind, the wave:
Where you dwell shall be my home,
Where you die shall be my grave;
Mine the God whom you adore,
Your Redeemer shall be mine;
Earth can fill my soul no more,
Every idol I resign.
3 Tell me not of gain or loss,
Ease, enjoyment, pomp, and power,
Welcome poverty and cross,
Shame, reproach, affliction's hour.
"Follow me!" I know thy voice!
Jesus, Lord! thy steps I see;
Now I take thy yoke by choice,
Light thy burden now to me.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | People of the living God |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Church: Zeal and Union |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ONIDO |
Composer: | Ignace Pleyel |
Meter: | 7s, D |
Key: | E Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #771, 828, or 778. |