Hymn 1:116 [Thus Saith The First, The Great Command]

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Title:     Hymn 1:116 [Thus Saith The First, The Great Command]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

Love to God and our neighbour, Matt. 22. 37-40.

Thus saith the first, the great command,
"Let all thy inward powers unite
"To love thy Maker and thy God,
"With utmost vigour and delight.

"Then shall thy neighbour next in place
"Share thine affections and esteem,
"And let thy kindness to thyself
"Measure and rule thy love to him."

This is the sense that Moses spoke,
This did the prophets preach and prove,
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfill'd by love.

But O! how base our passions are!
How cold our charity and zeal!
Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:116 [Thus Saith The First, The Great Command]

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