Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Hymn 1:77. 
The love of Christ to the church, in his language to
her, and provisions for her, Cant. 7. 5 6 9 12 13.

1 Now in the galleries of his grace
Appears the King, and thus he says,
“How fair my saints are in my sight;
“My love how pleasant for delight!”

2 Kind is thy language, sovereign Lord,
There’s heavenly grace in every word: 
From that dear mouth a stream divine
Flows sweeter than the choicest wine.

3 Such wondrous love awakes the lip
Of saints that were almost asleep,
To speak the praises of thy name,
And makes our cold affections flame.

4 These are the joys he lets us know
In fields and villages below,
Gives us a relish of his love,
But keeps his noblest feast above.

5 In Paradise within the gates
An higher entertainment waits;
Fruits new and old laid up in store,
Where we shall feed, but thirst no more.

Hymn 1:78. 
The strength of Christ’s love, and the soul’s jealousy
of her own, Cant. 8. 5 6 7 13 14.

1 [Who is this fair one in distress,
That travels from the wilderness? 
And press’d with sorrows and with sins,
On her beloved Lord she leans.

2 This is the spouse of Christ our God,
Bought with the treasure of his blood;
And her request and her complaint
Is but the voice of every saint.]

3 “O let my name engraven stand,
“Both on thy heart and on thy hand: 
“Seal me upon thine arm; and wear
“That pledge of love for ever there.

4 “Stronger than death thy love is known, “Which floods of wrath could never drown; “And hell and earth in vain combine “To quench a fire so much divine.

5 “But I am jealous of my heart,
Lest it should once from thee depart;
“Then let thy name be well impress’d
As a fair signet on my breast.

6 “Till thou hast brought me to thy home,
“Where fears and doubts can never come,
“Thy count’nance let me often see,
“And often thou shalt hear from me.

7 “Come, my beloved, haste away,
“Cut short the hours of thy delay,
“Fly like a youthful hart or roe
“Over the hills where spices grow.”

Hymn 1:79. 
A morning hymn, Psalm 19. 5 8 and 73. 24 25.

1 God of the morning, at whose voice
The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And, like a giant doth rejoice
To run his journey thro’ the skies;

2 From the fair chambers of the east
The circuit of his race begins,
And without weariness or rest,
Round the whole earth he flies and shines.

3 O like the sun may I fulfil
Th’ appointed duties of the day,
With ready mind and active will
March on and keep my heavenly way.

4 [But I shall rove and lose the race,
If God my sun should disappear,
And leave me in this world’s wild maze,
To follow every wandering star.

5 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure, Enlightening our beclouded eyes, Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure, Thy gospel makes the simple wise.]

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