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#	Hymnal	Title	Author	Tune	Composer	Verses
157	Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1891	Object of My First Desire	Rev. Augustus M. Toplady, 1774	Zürich (Jesu, meines Lebens Leben)	Johann Schop, 1641	2
513	Church Hymns, 1903	Object of My First Desire	Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778)	Zurich	Johann Schop (1590-1664)	2
200	The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1898	Object of My First Desire	Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)	Glebefield	Rev. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)	4
182	The Presbyterian Book of Praise, 1897	Object of My First Desire	Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)	Battishill	Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801)	4
173a	The Scottish Hymnal, 1892	Object of My First Desire	Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)	Vienna or Ravenna	Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)	4
173b	The Scottish Hymnal, 1892	Object of My First Desire	Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)	Theodora	Adapted from George F. Handel (1685-1759)	4

Hymnal

Title

Author

Tune

Composer

Verses

157

Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1891

Object of My First Desire

Rev. Augustus M. Toplady, 1774

Zürich (Jesu, meines Lebens Leben)

Johann Schop, 1641

513

Church Hymns, 1903

Object of My First Desire

Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778)

Zurich

Johann Schop (1590-1664)

200

The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1898

Object of My First Desire

Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)

Glebefield

Rev. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

182

The Presbyterian Book of Praise, 1897

Object of My First Desire

Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)

Battishill

Jonathan Battishill (1738-1801)

173a

The Scottish Hymnal, 1892

Object of My First Desire

Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)

Vienna or Ravenna

Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)

173b

The Scottish Hymnal, 1892

Object of My First Desire

Rev. Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778)

Theodora

Adapted from George F. Handel (1685-1759)

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Object of my first desire,
Jesus, crucified for me;
All to happiness aspire,
Only to be found in Thee.
Thee to praise and Thee to know
This be all our bliss below;
Thee to see and Thee to love,
This shall be our 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,
Sin- gly from Thy smile it flows;
Peace and happiness are Thine;
Mine they are, if Thou art mine. Amen.

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

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Reference

Bible Text

Psalm

36:9

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

Psalm

73:25

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.