The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#1030

1030. People of the living God

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

• First Line: People of the living God
• Author: James Montgomery
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Church: Zeal and Union

Tune Information

• Name: ONIDO
• Composer: Ignace Pleyel
• Meter: 7s, D
• Key: E Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #771, 828, or 778.