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Text:Bless, O my soul! the living God
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:MELCOMBE
Composer:Samuel Webbe

82. Bless, O my soul! the living God

1 Bless, O my soul! the living God;
Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad;
Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.

2 Bless, O my soul! the God of Grace;
His favors claim thy highest praise;
Why should the wonders He hath wrought
Be lost in silence, and forgot?

3 'Tis He, my soul, that sent His Son
To die for crimes which thou hast done;
He owns the ransom, and forgives
The hourly follies of our lives.

4 Let every land His power confess;
Let all the earth adore His grace:
My heart and tongue with rapture join,
In work and worship so divine.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Bless, O my soul! the living God
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: God: Forbearance of; God: Grace of; Praise: To God
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: MELCOMBE
Composer: Samuel Webbe
Meter: L. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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