Hymn 2:93 [My God, My Life, My Love]

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Title:     Hymn 2:93 [My God, My Life, My Love]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

God all, and in all, Psalm 73. 25.

My God, my life, my love,
To thee, to thee I call,
I cannot live if thou remove,
For thou art all in all.

[Thy shining grace can cheer,
This dungeon where I dwell;
'Tis paradise when thou art here;
If thou depart, 'tis hell.]

[The smilings of thy face,
How amiable they are!
'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace,
And no where else but there.]

[To thee, and thee alone,
The angels owe their bliss;
They sit around thy gracious throne,
And dwell where Jesus is.]

[Not all the harps above
Can make a heavenly place,
If God his residence remove,
Or but conceal his face.]

Nor earth nor all the sky
Can one delight afford;
No not a drop of real joy,
Without thy presence, Lord.

Thou art the sea of love,
Where all my pleasures roll,
The circle where my passions move,
And centre of my soul.

[To thee my spirits fly
With infinite desire;
And yet how far from thee I lie!
Dear Jesus, raise me higher!]

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 2:93 [my God, My Life, My Love]

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