Hymns, #600

Experience of God - As the Everlasting Portion

Eng/Kor:600  Chin:441  Span:283  Rus:116  Tag:600  Fra:-  Por:313

Lyrics:Isaac Watts
Music:Thomas Hastings
Meter:8.6.8.6. with repeat.

Hymns using same tune:

#177, #264, #858, #1241

 
 1 

My God, my Portion, and my Love,

My everlasting All,

I've none but Thee in heav'n above,

Or on this earthly ball,

Or on this earthly ball.

 
 2 

What empty things are all the skies,

And this inferior clod!

There's nothing here deserves my joys,

There's nothing like my God,

There's nothing like my God.

 
 3 

To Thee I owe my wealth, and friends,

And health, and safe abode;

Thanks to Thy name for meaner things,

But they are not my God,

But they are not my God.

 
 4 

How vain a toy is glittering wealth,

If once compared to Thee!

Or what's my safety, or my health,

Or all my friends to me,

Or all my friends to me.

 
 5 

Were I possessor of the earth,

And called the stars my own,

Without Thy graces and Thyself,

I were a wretch undone,

I were a wretch undone.

 
 6 

Let others stretch their arms like seas,

And grasp in all the shore;

Grant me the visits of Thy grace,

And I desire no more,

And I desire no more.

 
Hymn #600