265 L.M. Isaac Watts
“My heart rejoiceth in the Lord.” 1 Sam. 2. 1
1
Lord, what a heaven of saving grace
 
Shines through the beauties of thy face,
 
And lights our passions to a flame!
 
Lord, how we love thy charming name!
2
When I can say, “My God is mine,”
 
When I can feel thy glories shine,
 
I tread the world beneath my feet,
 
And all that earth calls good or great.
3
While such a scene of sacred joys
 
Our raptured eyes and soul employs,
 
Here we could sit and gaze away,
 
A long, an everlasting day.
4
Well, we shall quickly pass the night
 
To the fair coasts of perfect light;
 
Then shall our joyful senses rove
 
O’er the dear Object of our love.
5
[There shall we drink full draughts of bliss,
 
And pluck new life from heavenly trees;
 
Yet now and then, dear Lord, bestow
 
A drop of heaven on worms below.]
6
[Send comforts down from thy right hand,
 
While we pass through this barren land,
 
And in thy temple let us see
 
A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.]