Number: 140
English: Tune: HON 1987 #170
Title: I Fain Would Flee
Name: Eventide
Words: Sam Jones
Music: William H. Monk
Copyright: Lyrics written in 1937
Meter: 
Form: 

I fain would flee from all that would de¤file,
And in my Sav¤iour’s pres¤ence rest a¤while;
With long¤ing heart I yearn to see His face–
My faint¤ing soul re¤pairs to His em¤brace.

I meet with Him be¤fore the throne of grace;
His pres¤ence fills that sa¤cred, ho¤ly place–
My strength re¤stored, my mind re¤newed I feel–
The peace of heav’n o’er my whole be¤ing steal.

His pres¤ence soothes a¤way my grief and pain;
And for His sake I take my cross a¤gain–
To fol¤low where my Sav¤iour’s feet have trod,
The way that leads to heav’n and home and God.