Earthly pleasures vainly call me
by James Rowe
Representative text
As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 311.
Verse 1
Earthly pleasures vainly call me; I would be like Jesus; Nothing worldly shall enthrall me; I would be like Jesus.
Refrain
Be like Jesus, this my song, In the home and in the throng; Be like Jesus, all day long! I would be like Jesus.
Verse 2
He has broken every fetter, I would be like Jesus; That my soul may serve Him better, I would be like Jesus.
Verse 3
All the way from earth to glory, I would be like Jesus; Telling o’er and o’er the story, I would be like Jesus.
Verse 4
That in Heaven He may meet me, I would be like Jesus; That His words “Well done” may greet me, I would be like Jesus.