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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
This is an hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 16 of Book 2, published 1709. | |||
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Lord, what a heaven of saving grace | |||
Shines through the beauties of thy face, | |||
And lights our passions to a flame! | |||
Lord, how we love thy charming name! | |||
When I can say, "My God is mine," | |||
When I can feel thy glories shine, | |||
I tread the world beneath my feet, | |||
And all that earth calls good or great. | |||
While such a scene of sacred joys | |||
Our raptured eyes and souls employs, | |||
Here we could sit, and gaze away | |||
A long, an everlasting day. | |||
Well, we shall quickly pass the night | |||
To the fair coasts of perfect light; | |||
Then shall our joyful senses rove | |||
O'er the dear object of our love. | |||
There shall we drink full drafts of bliss, | |||
And pluck new life from heavenly trees: | |||
Yet now and then, dear Lord, bestow | |||
A drop of heaven on worms below. | |||
Send comforts down from thy right hand, | |||
While we pass through this barren land, | |||
And in thy temple let us see | |||
A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.}}''The enjoyment of Christ; or, Delight in ordinances'' by Isaac Watts | |||
==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 04:22, 8 July 2015
General information
This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 16 of Book 2, published 1709.
Settings by composers
- Amzi Chapin — Vernon English SATB
- Oliver Holden — Temple English SATB
Text and translations
English text Lord, what a heaven of saving grace
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