The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#650

650. How vain are all things here below!

1 How vain are all things here below!
How false, and yet how fair!
Each pleasure hath its poison too,
And every sweet a snare.

2 The brightest things below the sky
Give but a flattering light;
We should suspect some danger nigh
Where we possess delight.

3 Our dearest joy, and nearest friends,
The partners of our blood,
How they divide our wavering minds,
And leave but half for God!

4 My Saviour, let thy beauties be
My soul's eternal food;
And grace command my heart away
From all created good.

Text Information

• First Line: How vain are all things here below!
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Godly Life
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: SILOAM
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #724, 395, or 941.