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Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain:
Verse 2
But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away,
A sacrifice of nobler name
And richer blood than they.
Verse 3
My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.
Verse 4
My soul looks back to see
The burdens Thou didst bear,
When hanging on the cursèd tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.
Verse 5
Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing His bleeding love.
Isaac Watts, “Not All the Blood of Beasts”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 427 · S.M. · Olmutz
Philip Doddridge·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
How gentle God’s commands,
How kind His precepts are!
Come, cast your burdens on the Lord,
And trust His constant care.
Verse 2
While Providence supports,
Let saints securely dwell;
That hand, which bears all nature up,
Shall guide His children well.
Verse 3
Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your heavenly Father’s throne,
And sweet refreshment find.
Verse 4
His goodness stands approved,
Down to the present day;
I’ll drop my burden at His feet,
And bear a song away.
Philip Doddridge, “How Gentle God's Commands”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 541 · S.M. · Dennis
Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain:
Verse 2
But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away,
A sacrifice of nobler name
And richer blood than they.
Verse 3
My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.
Verse 4
My soul looks back to see
The burdens Thou didst bear,
When hanging on the cursèd tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.
Verse 5
Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing His bleeding love.
Gospel Hymns 1895 No. 689 · S.M. · Olmutz
Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
How shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.
Verse 2
When once it enters to the mind,
It spreads such light abroad,
The meanest souls instruction find,
And raise their thoughts to God.
Verse 3
’Tis like the sun, a heavenly light
That guides us all the day;
And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.
Verse 4
Thy precepts make me truly wise;
I hate the sinner’s road;
I hate my own vain thoughts that rise,
But love Thy law, my God.
Verse 5
Thy word is everlasting truth;
How pure is every page!
That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.
Isaac Watts, “How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 705 · C.M. · (Soho)