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Delight [1]

Southern Harmony no. 102

First Line:	Vain, delusive world, adieu
Source:	Methodist Hymn Book, p. 325
Meter:	7, 6
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1. Vain, delusive world, adieu,
   With all of creature good;
   Only Jesus I pursue,
   Who bought me with his blood;
   All thy pleasures I forego;
   I trample on thy wealth and pride;
   Only Jesus will I know,
   And Jesus crucified.

2. Other knowledge I disdain,
   'Tis all but vanity;
   Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain,
   He tasted death for me:
   Me to save from endless woe
   The sin atoning Victim died;
   Only Jesus will I know,
   And Jesus crucified.

3. Here will I set up my rest;
   My fluctuating heart
   From the haven of his breast
   Shall nevermore depart;
   Whither should a sinner go?
   His wounds for me stand open wide;
   Only Jesus will I know,
   And Jesus crucified.

4. Him to know is life and peace,
   And pleasure without end;
   This is all my happiness,
   On Jesus to depend;
   Daily in his grace to grow,
   And ever in his faith abide;
   Only Jesus will I know,
   And Jesus crucified.

5. O that I could all invite,
   This saving truth to prove;
   Show the length, the breadth, the height,
   And depth of Jesus' love!
   Fain I would to sinners show
   The blood by faith alone applied;
   Only Jesus will I know,
   And Jesus crucified.
   

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