Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David ‎#178

178. Man's mortality, and Christ's eternity; or, Saints die, but Christ and the Church lives

1 It is the Lord our Saviour's hand
Weakens our strength amidst the race;
Disease and death at his command
Arrest us, and cut short our days.

2 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,
Nor let our sun go down at noon;
Thy years are one eternal day,
And must thy children die so soon?

3 Yet in the midst of death and grief
This thought our sorrow should assuage;
"Our Father and our Saviour live;
"Christ is the same through every age."

4 'Twas he this earth's foundation laid;
Heaven is the building of his hand;
This earth grows old, these heavens shall fade;
And all be chang'd at his command.

5 The starry curtains of the sky,
Like garments, shall be laid aside:
But still thy throne stands firm on high,
Thy church forever must abide.

6 Before thy face thy church shall live;
And on thy throne thy children reign;
This dying world shall they survive,
And the dead saints be rais'd again.

Text Information

• First Line: It is the Lord our Saviour's hand
• Title: Man's mortality, and Christ's eternity; or, Saints die, but Christ and the Church lives
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Scripture:
  Psalm 102:23-28
• Topic: Christ: the eternal Creator; Christ: his Godhead; Church: restored by prayer; Complaint: general; God: Eternal and Man mortal; Hearing of Prayer and Salvation; Man: mortal and Christ eternal; Mortality: and God's eternity; Prayer: heard and Zion restored; Saints: die but, Christ lives
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Third part

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