Scripture Verse

Those that seek Me early shall find Me. Proverbs 8:17

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Charles A. Car­roll, in The Shin­ing Ri­ver, ed­it­ed by Hen­ry Per­kins & Will­iam O. Per­kins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1875), num­ber 50 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Come, and seek the Sav­ior,
In life’s ear­ly morn;
Come and seek Him ear­ly,
Ere the win­ter’s storm;
Seek Him with thy young heart,
The bless­èd way of truth;
Come, and seek Him ear­ly,
In the bloom of youth.

Refrain

Then when all our pil­grim­age is past,
When we bid fare­well to earth at last,
Angels then will greet us
On the oth­er shore,
Where we will dwell
Forever, ev­er­more.

Come, and seek the Sav­ior,
Come with­out de­lay,
Early in the morn­ing:
Seek His face to­day;
Ask Him for di­rect­ion
In all we say and do;
And to be our Sav­ior,
Guide, and help­er, too.

Refrain

Come, and seek the Sav­ior,
Come and sing His praise;
Joining in the an­them,
Thankful voic­es raise;
Singing to His glo­ry,
A happy, joy­ous band,
There to join the an­gels,
In the heav’n­ly land.

Refrain