A47611:1953
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.
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.
3 O let our Candle lighted be! O light it once again, And by it search to find out sin Which may in us remain.
4 'Tis thou must light our Candle, Lord, With th' Fire of thy Grace; O let it burn and ne'er go out Till we have run our race;
4 'Tis thou must light our Candle, Lord, With th' Fire of thy Grace; O let it burn and ne're go out Till we have run our race;