Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books ‎#I.LXXIV

I.LXXIV. The church the garden of Christ

1 We are a garden wall'd around,
Chosen and made peculiar ground;
A little spot enclos'd by grace,
Out of the world’s wide wilderness.

2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand,
Planted by God the Father’s hand;
And all his springs in Sion flow
To make the young plantation grow.

3 Awake, O heav'nly wind, and come,
Blow on this garden of perfume;
Spirit divine! descend and breathe
A gracious gale on plants beneath.

4 Make our best spices flow abroad,
To entertain our Saviour-God;
And faith, and love, and joy appear,
And ev'ry grace be active here.

5 [Let my beloved come and taste
His pleasant fruits at his own feast:
“I come, my spouse, I come,” he cries,
With love, and pleasure in his eyes.

6 Our Lord into his garden comes,
Well-pleas'd to smell our poor perfumes;
And calls us to a feast divine,
Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine.

7 Eat of the tree of life, my friends,
"The blessings that my father sends;
"Your taste shall all my dainties prove,
"And drink abundance of my love.”

8 Jesus, we will frequent thy board,
And sing the bounties of our Lord;
But the rich food on which we live
Demands more praise than tongue can give.]

Text Information

• First Line: We are a garden wall'd around
• Title: The church the garden of Christ
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  Song of Solomon 4:1
  ;
  Song of Solomon 4:12-15

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