Hymn 1:119 [Christ And His Cross Is All Our Theme]

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Title:     Hymn 1:119 [Christ And His Cross Is All Our Theme]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

'The different success of the gospel, 1 Cor. 1. 23 24.
2 Cor. 2. 16. 1 Cor. 3. 6 7.

Christ and his cross is all our theme;
The mysteries that we speak
Are scandal in the Jew's esteem,
And folly to the Greek.

But souls enlighten'd from above
With joy receive the word;
They see what wisdom, power, and love
Shines in their dying Lord.

The vital savour of his Name
Restores their fainting breath;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.

Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:119 [Christ And His Cross Is All Our Theme]

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