The Church — Zeal and Union

People of the living God

No. 1030
Metre 7s. D.
Tune ONIDO.
Words James Montgomery.
Music Ignace Pleyel.
Key E major
Singing key D major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

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!

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.

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.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—ZEAL AND UNION.»; hymn number «1030» (large), tune name «ONIDO. 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «IGNACE PLEYEL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «People». Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text below the music in the left column, under the italic reference line «771, 828, 778.» (= the same words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 771, 828 or 778), numbered «2»–«3» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«3.» here like stanza 1), with «James Montgomery.» in italics after stanza 3. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. The printer's thin space before «:», «;» and «!» («wave :», «grave ;—», «mine ;», «power ;», «me !"», «voice !», «Lord !», «see ;», «un - blest ;», «rest !») is closed up here; the opening quotation mark of «"Follow me!"» is printed as a double turned comma and is written as a straight double quote. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.