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==General information==
==General information==
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This is an hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], 1719, his Hymn 131 of Book 2, entitled ''The excellency of the Christian religion''.


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==Text and translations==
==Text and translations==
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Let everlasting glories crown
Thy head, my Savior and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.


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What if we trace the globe around,
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And search from Britain to Japan,
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There shall be no religion found
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So just to God, so safe for man.}}
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In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon;
With long despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.


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How well thy blessed truths agree!
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How wise and holy thy commands!
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Thy promises, how firm they be!
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How firm our hope and comfort stands.}}
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Not the feigned fields of heathenish bliss
Could raise such pleasures in the mind;
Nor does the Turkish paradise
Pretend to joys so well refined.
 
Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,
And bind the gospel to my heart.}}
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==External links ==
==External links ==

Revision as of 01:32, 16 June 2016

General information

This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, 1719, his Hymn 131 of Book 2, entitled The excellency of the Christian religion.

Settings by composers

 

Text and translations

English.png English text

Let everlasting glories crown
Thy head, my Savior and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.

What if we trace the globe around,
And search from Britain to Japan,
There shall be no religion found
So just to God, so safe for man.

 

In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon;
With long despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.

How well thy blessed truths agree!
How wise and holy thy commands!
Thy promises, how firm they be!
How firm our hope and comfort stands.

 

Not the feigned fields of heathenish bliss
Could raise such pleasures in the mind;
Nor does the Turkish paradise
Pretend to joys so well refined.

Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,
And bind the gospel to my heart.

External links

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