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The Christian — Godly Life

Fade, fade, each earthly joy

  • No. 656
  • Words Mrs. Horatius Bonar.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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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 triedLeft 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!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «656» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 213, below the music of hymn 655, with the reference line «485, 659,» in italic figures beside it (= sing to the tune of hymn 485 or 659; the line ends with a comma in the print); four stanzas of eight lines; «Mrs. Horatius Bonar.» in italics at the end. The first word «FADE» is set in a capital and small capitals. The stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1 FADE»), numbered «1.»–«4.» here. Lines 2, 4 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («joy ;», «mine ;», «Hail !», «blest !»); it is closed up here. Spelling («resting-place», «Saviour's»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is 6s & 4s., 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4, like the two tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Godly Life · No. 656 · printed page 213
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02