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Completeness of Christ

Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 20 hymnals

Representative Text

Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord,
Affection sounds in every word:
Lo! thou art fair, my love," he cries,
"Not the young doves have sweeter eyes."

["Sweet are thy lips, thy pleasing voice
Salutes mine ear with secret joys;
No spice so much delights the smell,
Nor milk nor honey tastes so well.]

"Thou art all fair, my bride, to me,
I will behold no spot in thee."
What mighty wonders love performs,
And puts a comeliness on worms!

Defiled and loathsome as we are,
He makes us white, and calls us fair;
Adorns us with that heav'nly dress,
His graces and his righteousness.

"My sister and my spouse," he cries,
"Bound to my heart by various ties,
Thy powerful love my heart detains
In strong delight and pleasing chains."

He calls me from the leopard's den,
From this wild world of beasts and men,
To Zion, where his glories are;
Not Lebanon is half so fair.

Nor dens of prey, nor flowery plains,
Nor earthly joys, nor earthly pains,
Shall hold my feet or force my stay,
When Christ invites my soul away.



Source: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #565

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 >

Text Information

First Line: Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord
Title: Completeness of Christ
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CXXXII

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A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #242

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d145

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A Selection of Hymns & Psalms #305

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #137

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #CXXXVII

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #137

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Harmonia Sacra #79

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

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d176

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #I.73

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The Baptist Hymn Book #740

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The Columbian Repository #425

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #565

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The Psalms of David #I.LXXIII

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #A73

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #II.77

The Spiritual Songster. lst ed. #d63

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