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.) ‎#169a

169a. Breathing after Heaven

1 Return, O God of love, return;
Earth is a tiresome place:
How long shall we thy children mourn
Our absence from thy face?

2 Let heaven succeed our painful years,
Let sin and sorrow cease,
And in proportion to our tears
So make our joys increase.

3 Thy wonders to thy servants show,
Make thy own work complete;
Then shall our souls thy glory know,
And own thy love was great.

4 Then shall we shine before thy throne
In all thy beauty, Lord;
And the poor service we have done
Meet a divine reward.

Text Information

• First Line: Return, O God of love, return
• Title: Breathing after Heaven
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1786
• Scripture:
  Psalm 90:13-17
• Topic: Afflictions: without rejection; Death: the effect of sin; Frailty of Man; Funeral psalm; God: Eternal and Man mortal; Life: short and feeble; Man: his vanity as mortal; Mortality: of man; Old age: death; Psalm: for Funeral; Saints: Reward at last

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