A47611:1949
Spiritual melody
Spiritual melody, containing near three hundred sacred hymns. By Benjamin Keach, author of Trhopolgia, pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down, Southwark
London: printed for John Hancock, 1691
Part 6 › Hymn 116: HYMN 116. Spirit of Man Cand. of the Lord.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
HYMN 116. Spirit of Man Cand. of the Lord.
Prov. 20.27. The Spirit of a Man is the Candle of the Lord, &c.
1 Once was our Candle lighted, Lord, And did most clearly burn; But soon did Satan blow it out, And we were all undone:
1 ONce was our Candle lighted, Lord, And did most clearly burn; But soon did Satan blow it out, And we were all undone:
2 Left in the darkness of the night, And were bewildered so, That we for want of thy sweet light Knew not which way to go.
2 Left in the darkness of the night, And were bewilder'd so, That we for want of thy sweet light Knew not which way to go.