Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Congregational singing
Metropolitan Tabernacle, London
Text: Augustus M. Toplady | Tune: TICHFIELD (Richardson)

Object of my first desire,
Jesus crucified for me;
All to happiness aspire,
Only to be found in Thee:
Thee to please, and Thee to know,
Constitute my bliss below;
Thee to see, and Thee to love,
Constitute my bliss above.

Lord, it is not life to live
If Thy presence Thou deny;
Lord, if Thou Thy presence give
‘Tis no longer death to die:
Source and Giver of repose,
Only from Thy smile it flows;
Peace and happiness are Thine;
Mine they are, if Thou art mine.

Whilst I feel Thy love to me,
Every object teems with joy;
May I ever walk with Thee,
For ‘tis bliss without alloy:
Let me but Thyself possess,
Total sum of happiness:
Perfect peace I then shall prove,
Heaven below and Heaven above.