Hymn 1:71 [Often I Seek My Lord By Night]

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Title:     Hymn 1:71 [Often I Seek My Lord By Night]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

Christ found in the street, and brought to the church,
Cant. 3. 1-5.

Often I seek my Lord by night,
Jesus, my love, my soul's delight;
With warm desire and restless thought
I seek him oft, but find him not.

Then I arise, and search the street
Till I my Lord, my Saviour meet;
I ask the watchmen of the night,
"Where did you see my soul's delight?"

Sometimes I find him in the way,
Directed by a heavenly ray;
I leap for joy to see his face,
And hold him fast in mine embrace.

[I bring him to my mother's home,
Nor does my Lord refuse to come,
To Sion's sacred chambers, where
My soul first drew the vital air.

He gives me there his bleeding heart,
Pierc'd for my sake with deadly smart;
I give my soul to him, and there
Our loves their mutual tokens share.]

I charge you all, ye earthly toys,
Approach not to disturb my joys;
Nor sin, nor hell come near my heart,
Nor cause my Saviour to depart.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:71 [Often I Seek My Lord By Night]

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