HAST thou happiness sought? hast thou happiness found?
The pleasures and peace which in Jesus abound.
(This earth can produce its own fleeting joys,
And the children of earth are content with such toys.)
I sought it long, but I sought it in vain,
At home and abroad, but I often found pain;
Like a shadow it fled, when I thought I was blest, Till pointed I was to God’s own loving breast.
He told me I’d sin’d against Him in His laws,
That Satan and sin would ne’er plead my cause―
That Jesus He’d given—the Son of His love―
To purchase my seat in the mansions above.
My heart is made captive — what else can I do,
Than praise Him, and love Him, and set out anew;
To live to this Friend I neglected before,
I’m happy, indeed I admire! I adore!