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Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy Word;
But in thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.
Verse 2
Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father’s will,
Such love and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
Verse 3
Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew;
Thy conflict and thy victory too.
Verse 4
Be thou my pattern, make me bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.
Isaac Watts, “My Dear Redeemer and My Lord”
Otterbein 1890 No. 110 · L.M · Olivet
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Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Behold! the blind their sight receive;
Behold! the dead awake and live;
The dumb speak wonders, and the lame
Leap, like the hart, and bless his name.
Verse 2
Thus doth th’ eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of the Son;
The Father vindicates his cause,
While he hangs bleeding on the cross.
Verse 3
He dies! the heavens in mourning stood;
He rises, the triumphant God!
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die.
Verse 4
Hence, and forever, from my heart,
I bid my doubts and fears depart;
And to those hands my soul resign,
Which bear credentials so divine.
Isaac Watts, “Behold! the Blind Their Sight Receive”
Otterbein 1890 No. 111 · L.M · Overberg
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William Endfield·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Behold where, in the Friend of man,
Appears each grace divine!
The virtues all in Jesus meet,
With mildest radiance shine.
Verse 2
To spread the rays of heavenly light,
To give the mourner joy,
To preach glad tidings to the poor,
Was his divine employ.
Verse 3
In the last hour of deep distress,
Before his Father’s throne,
With soul resigned, he bowed, and said,
“Thy will, not mine, be done!”
Verse 4
Be Christ our pattern and our guide,
His image may we bear;
Oh, may we tread his sacred steps,
And his bright glories share.
William Endfield, “Behold Where, in the Friend of Man”
Otterbein 1890 No. 115 · C.M · Heber
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage