Hymn 2:148 [Dearest Of All The Names Above]

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Title:     Hymn 2:148 [Dearest Of All The Names Above]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

God reconciled in Christ.

Dearest of all the names above
My Jesus, and my God,
Who can resist thy heavenly love,
Or trifle with thy blood?

'Tis by the merits of thy death
The Father smiles again;
'Tis by thine interceding breath
The Spirit dwells with men.

Till God in human flesh I see,
My thoughts no comfort find;
The holy, just, and sacred Three
Are terrors to my mind.

But if Immanuel's face appear,
My hope, my joy, begins;
His Name forbids my slavish fear,
His grace removes my sins.

While Jews on their own law rely,
And Greeks of wisdom boast,
I love th' incarnate mystery,
And there I fix my trust.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 2:148 [Dearest Of All The Names Above]

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