| Text: | I have sought in the lap of earth |
| Tune: | THINE, THINE ALONE |
| Composer: | T. E. Perkins |
1 I have sought in the lap of earth,
Rest from every pain;
I have drank from the spring of joy,
But all, all was vain.
Chorus:
Jesus set me free,
Jesus I would ever be
Lost to all but thee.
Thine, thine alone.
2 I have gazed on the sky at morn,
When 'twas blue and fair;
But a cloud in the distance frown'd,
A dark storm was there.
Chorus:
So was life to me
Till my Saviour set me free,
Jesus, I would be
Thine, Thine alone.
3 I have looked in the eye of hope,
When its smile was gay;
I have joined in the song of mirth,
But all passed away.
Chorus:
What was hope to me
Till my Saviour set me free,
Jesus, I would be
Thine, thine alone.
4 I have learned from the sacred page
How I ought to live,
And I feel now a peace within
The world cannot give.
Chorus:
Jesus set me free,
Jesus, I would ever be
Lost to all but thee,
Thine, thine alone.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | I have sought in the lap of earth |
| Publication Date: | 1865 |
| Notes: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | THINE, THINE ALONE |
| Composer: | T. E. Perkins |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Source: | From " S. S. Banner" |
| Notes: | by permission |