CCLXXXVIII. Nearness to GOD thro' CHRIST.

AND are we now brought near to God,
Who once at Distance stood?
And to effect this glorious Change
Did Jesus shed his Blood?

O for a Song of ardent Praise
To bear our Souls above!
What should allay our lively Hope,
Or damp our flaming Love?

Draw us, O LORD, with quick'ning Grace,
And bring us yet more near;
Here may we see thy Glories shine,
And taste thy Mercies here.

O may that Love, which spread thy Board,
Dispose us for the Feast;
May Faith behold a smiling GOD
Thro' Jesus' bleeding Breast.

Fir'd with the View, our Souls shall rise
In such a Scene as this,
And view the happy Moment near,
That shall compleat our Bliss.