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 41. (L. M.) A Sight of God mortifies us to the World.
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HYMN 41. (L. M.) A Sight of God mortifies us to the World.
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Up to the fields where angels lie,And living waters gently roll,
Fain would my thoughts leap out and fly,
But sin hangs heavy on my soul.
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Thy wondrous blood, dear dying Christ,Can make this load of guilt remove;
And thou canst bear me where thou fly'st,
On thy kind wings celestial Dove!
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O might I once mount up and seeThe glories of the eternal skies,
What little things these worlds would be!
How despicable to my eyes!
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Had I a glance of thee, my God,Kingdoms and men would vanish soon,
Vanish as tho' I saw them not,
As a dim candle dies at noon.
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Then they might fight, and rage, and rave,I should perceive the noise no more
Than we can hear a shaking leaf,
While rattling thunders round us roar.
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Great All in All, Eternal King,Let me but view thy lovely face,
And all my powers shall bow, and sing
Thine endless grandeur and thy grace.
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