Religion
Christ the desire of all Nations
From Spiritual Melody (1691), Part II
THere is enough in Christ to fill
All Nations of the Earth;
The Nations never will be still
Until he shall come forth.
Some in all Nations long for peace,
Therefore desire thee;
And wars, O Lord shall never cease
Until the Prince they see.
The Nations long for some great thing,
Their desires are for good;
And all true good from thee does spring,
Though not well understood.
All Nations now desire thee not,
Yet some do in each Land;
And all the Earth for thee will thirst,
And yield to thy command.
All those who see of thee a need,
Know the necessity
They have of help, their Souls do bleed
Until thee they do see.
O then Lord Jesus come away,
We know thou didst appear
Already once, but do not stay,
Again lets see thee here.
Codex Note
Hymn 56 in the source
Cite this poem
MLA
Keach, Benjamin. “Christ the desire of all Nations.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/keach/57/.
Chicago
Keach, Benjamin. “Christ the desire of all Nations.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/keach/57/.
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