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 6. (L. M.) The Memorial of our absent Lord, John xvi. 16. Luke xxii. 19. John xiv. 3.
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Jesus is gone above the skies,Where our weak senses reach him not;
And carnal objects court our eyes
To thrust our Saviour from our thought.
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He knows what wandering hearts we haveApt to forget his lovely face;
And to refresh our minds he gave
These kind memorials of his grace.
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The Lord of life this table spreadWith his own flesh and dying blood;
We on the rich provision feed,
And taste the wine, and bless the God.
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Let sinful sweets be all forgot,And earth grow less in our esteem;
Christ and his love fill every thought,
And faith and hope be fix'd on him.
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While he is absent from our sight'Tis to prepare our souls a place,
That we may dwell in heavenly light,
And live for ever near his face.
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Our eyes look upwards to the hillsWhence our returning Lord shall come;
We wait thy chariot's awful wheels
To fetch our longing spirits home.
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