Love and Charity

Let Pharisees of high esteem

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 68 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Let Pharisees of high esteem
Their faith and zeal declare:
All their religion is a dream,
If love be wanting there.

2 Love suffers long with patient eye,
Nor is provok'd in haste;
She lets the present inj'ry die,
And long forgets the past.

3 Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes and believes and thinks no ill,
Tho' she endure the wrong.

4 She ne'er desires nor seeks to know
The scandals of the time;
Nor looks with pride on those below,
Nor envies those that climb.

5 She lays her own advantage by,
To seek her neighbor's good;
So God's own Son came down to die,
And save us by his blood.

6 Love is the grace that keeps her pow'r
In all the realms above;
There faith and hope are known no more,
But saints forever love.


Source: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #277

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: Let Pharisees of high esteem
Title: Love and Charity
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #284

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 2nd ed. #d120

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d146

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A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #200

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #340

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #340

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #354

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d210

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d506

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #154

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

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

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #H.XXVIII

Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d209

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

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #42

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #776

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Hymns for Christian Melody #469

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #379

Hymns Selected #d110

Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d110

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d182

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #431

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Hymns #431

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Hymns #431

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Hymns #431

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Hymns #431

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #I.133

Sacred poetry #d256

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Sacred Poetry #aH.CXLIX

Sacred Poetry #d255

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Sacred Poetry #H.CXLIX

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #332

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The Baptist Hymn Book #606

The Christian Hymn Book #d348

The Christian Hymn Book (Ohio Auglaize Christian Conference) #d151

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d352

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The Christian Hymn-Book (Corr. and Enl., 3rd. ed.) #197

The Christian Psalter #d291

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The Columbian Repository #485

The Gospel Praise Book #d241

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The Psalmody #738

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d114

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #A133

The Saints' Harp #d479

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The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CLIV

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Hymns, Selected and Original #431

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #277

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #316

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #42

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The Psalms of David #I.CXXXIII

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #776

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Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #274

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The Christian's Duty #CLIV

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #340

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