The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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HYMN 74. (L. M.) The Church the Garden of Christ, Sol. Song iv. 12, 14, 15. and v. 1.
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We are a garden wall'd around,Chosen and made peculiar ground;
A little spot inclos'd by grace
Out of the world's wide wilderness.
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Like trees of myrrh and spice we standPlanted by God the Father's hand;
And all his springs in Sion flow
To make the young plantation grow.
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Awake, O heavenly wind, and come,Blow on this garden of perfume;
Spirit divine, descend and breathe
A gracious gale on plants beneath.
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Make our best spices flow abroadTo entertain our Saviour God:
And faith, and love, and joy appear,
And every grace be active here.
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Let my beloved come, and tasteHis pleasant fruits at his own feast:
‘I come, my spouse, I come,’ he cries,
With love and pleasure in his eyes.
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Our Lord into his garden comes,Well pleas'd to smell our poor perfumes,
And calls us to a feast divine,
Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine.
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‘Eat of the tree of life, my friends,‘The blessings that my Father sends;
‘Your taste shall all my dainties prove,
‘And drink abundance of my love.’
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Jesus, we will frequent thy board,And sing the bounties of our Lord:
But the rich food on which we live
Demands more praise than tongues can give.
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