656. Fade, fade, each earthly joy

1 Fade, fade, each earthly joy;
Jesus is mine;
Break, every tender tie;
Jesus is mine.
Dark is the wilderness;
Earth has no resting-place;
Jesus alone can bless;
Jesus is mine.

2 Tempt not my soul away;
Jesus is mine;
Here would I ever stay;
Jesus is mine.
Perishing things of clay,
Born but for one brief day,
Pass from my heart away;
Jesus is mine.

3 Farewell, ye dreams of night;
Jesus is mine;
Lost in this dawning bright,
Jesus is mine.
All that my soul has tried
Left but a dismal void;
Jesus has satisfied;
Jesus is mine.

4 Farewell, mortality;
Jesus is mine;
Hail! immortality;
Jesus is mine.
Welcome, O loved and blest!
Welcome, sweet scenes of rest;
Welcome, my Saviour's breast;
Jesus is mine!

Text Information
First Line: Fade, fade, each earthly joy
Author: Mrs. Horatius Bonar
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Christian: Godly Life
Tune Information
Name: BETHANY
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 6s & 4s
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Alternate tunes: #485 or 659.



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