Love to the Creatures is Dangerous

How vain are all things here below!

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 240 hymnals

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1 How vain are all things here below!
How false, and yet how fair!
Each pleasure hath its poison too,
And every sweet a snare.

2 The brightest things below the sky
Give but a flattering light;
We should suspect some danger nigh
Where we possess delight.

3 Our dearest joy, and nearest friends,
The partners of our blood,
How they divide our wavering minds,
And leave but half for God!

4 My Saviour, let thy beauties be
My soul's eternal food;
And grace command my heart away
From all created good.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #650

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line: How vain are all things here below!
Title: Love to the Creatures is Dangerous
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Lexington Collection #38

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The Lyrica #412

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d110

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d112

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #CXII

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The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #211

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The New Hymn Book #214

The Pilgrim's Harp #d86

The Prayer Meeting Hymn Book #d129

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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #118

The Primitive Hymns #d258

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The Psalmist #751

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The Psalmist #751

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The Psalmody #663

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #347

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d97

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The Psalms of David #II.XLVIII

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #B48

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #II.157

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The Revivalist #180

The School Psalter #d124

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #650

The South Western Psalmist #d173

The Southern Psalmist #d349

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d363

The Thanksgiving #d98

The Vestry Hymn Book #d196

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #373

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The Voice of melody #48b

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #321

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #104a

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #104a

Triune Hymnal #d70

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Vestry Chimes #143c

Virginia Selection of Psalms #d201

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Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music #109a

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d116

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