Religion
To be sung after the Lord's Supper
From Spiritual Melody (1691), Part VIII
THy love, O Lord, was very great
To such vile ones as we;
Our hearts were once dead as a stone,
But now they quickned be.
Slight Balm may heal a slighter sore,
But there's no Med'cine good
Which can to life our Souls restore,
But the Physician's Blood.
Lord Jesus when we thee espy,
Though life is almost gone,
We see by Faith we shall not die,
All praise to thee alone
Who hast pour'd in sweet Oyl and Wine
To heal each wounded heart;
O thou wilt heal all Souls of thine,
Who for their sakes didst smart.
We therefore will unto thee sing,
And thee always adore;
To him from whom all Blessings spring
Be praise for evermore.
Codex Note
Hymn 148 in the source
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MLA
Keach, Benjamin. “To be sung after the Lord's Supper.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/keach/149/.
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Keach, Benjamin. “To be sung after the Lord's Supper.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/keach/149/.
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