Hymn
The World Has Lost Its Charms
Let worldly minds the world pursue,
It has no charms for me;
Once I admired its trifles too,
But grace has set me free.
As by the light of opening day,
The stars are all concealed;
So earthly pleasures fade away,
When Jesus is revealed.
Creatures no more divide my choice,
I bid them all depart;
His name, and love, and gracious voice.
Have fixed my roving heart.
But may I hope that thou wilt own
A worthless worm like me?
Now, Lord! I would be thine alone,
And wholly live to thee.
The World Has Lost Its Charms — Text from Laudes Domini, 1888. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-world-has-lost-its-charms
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The World Has Lost Its Charms?
The words of The World Has Lost Its Charms were written by John Newton; the version here was published in 1888. The library holds 38 more hymns by John Newton, including Sinner, art thou still secure? and How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds.
Is The World Has Lost Its Charms public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Laudes Domini, published in 1888. 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 The World Has Lost Its Charms?
The World Has Lost Its Charms is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Greatness of God, Blessed Are the Dead that Die in the Lord and Lord, all I am is known to Thee.