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Text: | Give us the wings of faith |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | SONG 67 |
1 Give us the wings of faith to rise
within the veil, and see
the saints above, how great their joys,
how bright their glories be.
2 Once they were mourning here below,
their couch was wet with tears;
they wrestled hard, as we do now,
with sins and doubts and fears.
3 We ask them whence their vict'ry came:
they, with united breath,
ascribe the conquest to the Lamb,
their triumph to his death.
4 They marked the footsteps that he trod,
his zeal inspired their breast,
and, foll'wing their incarnate God,
they reached the promised rest.
5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise
for his own pattern giv'en;
while the great cloud of witnesses
show the same path to heav'n.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Give us the wings of faith to rise |
Title: | Give us the wings of faith |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Faith, Trust and Commitment; Redemption and Salvation; The Suffering Community(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SONG 67 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | E. Prys, "Psalms" (1621) |