Christ's All-sufficiency

How fast their guilt and sorrows rise

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: FESTUS
Published in 29 hymnals

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5 How fast their guilt and sorrows rise,
Who haste to seek some idol-god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their off'rings of forbidden blood.

6 My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon:
He for my life has offer'd up
Jesus, his best belovèd Son.

7 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right;
And be his name for ever blest,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.

8 I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands prepar'd
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.

Source: Church Hymn Book: consisting of newly composed hymns with the addition of hymns and psalms, from other authors, carefully adapted for the use of public worship, and many other occasions (1st ed.) #P.XVI.II

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: How fast their guilt and sorrows rise
Title: Christ's All-sufficiency
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

FESTUS

FESTUS is an abridgement of a tune published in Johann A. Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704)* as a setting for "O du Hüter Israel." The shortened tune was first published in the Bristol Tune Book (1863). The tune title presumably honors Festus, the Roman procurator of Judea (A…

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The Cyber Hymnal #2497
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Church Hymn Book #P.XVI.II

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d430

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #31b

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Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #27b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #31b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #27b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #XVIb

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #32b

Melodies of the Church #d407

Parish Psalmody #d291

Parish Psalmody #d299

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.32

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #P16.3

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #31b

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Psalms #16b

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #P16b

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The Columbian Repository #32

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The Cyber Hymnal #2497

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #236

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The Psalms and Hymns #P16b

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The Psalms of David #XVIb

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The Psalms of David #P16b

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The Psalms of David #26b

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #16b

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