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Isaac Watts - Hymn 66Isaac Watts - Hymn 66
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Christ the King at his table. SS 1:2-5,12,13,17. Let him embrace my soul, and prove Mine interest in his heav`nly love; The voice that tells me, "Thou art mine," Exceeds the blessings of the vine. On thee th` anointing Spirit came, And spreads the savor of thy name; That oil of gladness and of grace Draws virgin souls to meet thy face. Jesus, allure me by thy charms, My soul shall fly into thine arms! Our wand`ring feet thy favors bring To the fair chambers of the King. [Wonder and pleasure tune our voice To speak thy praises and our joys; Our memory keeps this love of thine Beyond the taste of richest wine.] Though in ourselves deformed we are, And black as Kedar`s tents appear, Yet, when we put thy beauties on, Fair as the courts of Solomon. [While at his table sits the King, He loves to see us smile and sing; Our graces are our best perfume, And breathe like spikenard round the room.] As myrrh new bleeding from the tree, Such is a dying Christ to ine And while he makes my soul his guest, My bosom, Lord, shall be thy rest. [No beams of cedar or of fir Can with thy courts on earth compare; And here we wait, until thy love Raise us to nobler seats above.]
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