Hymn
Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy
Fade, fade, each earthly joy,
Jesus is mine!
Break ev’ry tender tie,
Jesus is mine!
Dark is the wilderness,
Earth has no resting place;
Jesus alone can bless,
Jesus is mine!
Jesus is mine!
All else I leave to follow Jesus;
Jesus is mine;
And I have naught beside, but Jesus;
His love can never fail,
When doubts and fears assail,
Thro’ Him I shall prevail;
Jesus is mine.
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!
Farewell, ye dreams of night,
Jesus is mine!
Lost in this dawning bright,
Jesus is mine!
All that my soul has tried
Left but a dismal void;
Jesus has satisfied,
Jesus is mine!
Farewell, mortality,
Jesus is mine!
Welcome, eternity,
Jesus is mine!
Welcome, O loved and blest,
Welcome sweet scenes of rest,
Welcome, my Savior's breast,
Jesus is mine!
Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy — Text from Spiritual Life Songs, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/fade-fade-each-earthly-joy
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy?
The words of Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy were written by Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar; the version here was published in 1930.
Is Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Spiritual Life Songs, published in 1930. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy?
Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy is in 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Savior, I Follow On, Something for Jesus and Jesus! That Name is Love.