Hymn 1:78 [Who Is This Fair One In Distress]

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Title:     Hymn 1:78 [Who Is This Fair One In Distress]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

The strength of Christ's love,
and the soul's jealousy of her own,
Cant. 8. 5 6 7 13 14.

[Who is this fair one in distress,
That travels from the wilderness?
And press'd with sorrows and with sins,
On her beloved Lord she leans.

This is the spouse of Christ our God,
Bought with the treasure of his blood;
And her request and her complaint
Is but the voice of every saint.]

"O let my name engraven stand,
"Both on thy heart and on thy hand:
"Seal me upon thine arm; and wear
"That pledge of love for ever there.

"Stronger than death thy love is known,
"Which floods of wrath could never drown;
"And hell and earth in vain combine
"To quench a fire so much divine.

"But I am jealous of my heart,
Lest it should once from thee depart;
"Then let thy name be well impress'd
As a fair signet on my breast.

"Till thou hast brought me to thy home,
"Where fears and doubts can never come,
"Thy count'nance let me often see,
"And often thou shalt hear from me.

"Come, my beloved, haste away,
"Cut short the hours of thy delay,
"Fly like a youthful hart or roe
"Over the hills where spices grow."

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 1:78 [Who Is This Fair One In Distress]

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