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How Vast the Treasure We Possess!

Isaac Watts· Post-Reformation

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Verse 1

How vast the treasure we possess!
How rich thy bounty, King of Grace!
This world is ours, and worlds to come
Earth is our lodge, and heaven our home.

Verse 2

All things are ours, the gifts of God;
The purchase of a Saviour’s blood:
While the good Spirit shews us how
To use and to improve them too.

Verse 3

If peace and plenty crown my days,
They help, me, Lord, to speak thy praise!
If bread of sorrows be my food,
Those sorrows work my lasting good.

Verse 4

I would not change my blest estate
For all the world calls good or great:
And while my faith can keep her hold,
I envy not the sinner’s gold.

Verse 5

Father, I wait thy daily will;
Thou shalt divide my portion still:
Grant me on earth what seems thee best,
Till death and heaven reveal the rest.

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