Skip to content
Advent Hymnals

I Will Early Seek the Savior

The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

49 words changed · 1 stanza only in Christ in Song #77 · 1 stanza only in SDA Hymnal #539

Christ in Song #77 · 1900SDA Hymnal #539 · 1985

Verse 1

I will early seek the Saviour,
I will learn of Him each day;
I will follow in his footsteps,
I will walk the narrow way.

Verse 1

I will early seek the Savior,
I will learn of Him each day;
I will follow in his footsteps,
I will walk the narrow way.

Verse 2

I will learn to love my Saviour,
I will learn to love His word;
I will learn to do His bidding,
I will learn to trust my Lord.

Not in this version

Verse 3

I will early seek the Saviour,
In the morning of my days;
I will early seek the Saviour,
I will learn to speak His praise.

Verse 2

I will hasten where He bids me,
I am not too young to go
In the pathway where He leadeth,
Not too young His will to know.

Not in this version

Verse 3

He is standing at the doorway
Of escape from every sin;
I will knock, for He has promised
He will hear and let me in.

Refrain

I will early seek that true way,
Early will I seek the Lord;
For He loves me, yes, He loves me,
This is why I love Him so.

Refrain

For He loves me, yes, He loves me,
Jesus loves me, this I know.
Jesus loves me, died to save me,
This is why I love Him so.