A47611:1997
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
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.
2 There is a quiet stream makes glad The City of the Lord; ⟨p. 280⟩His presence will secure her peace, And timely help afford.
3 Her Building is of Precious-stone, Her Foundation's sure; No Jasper ever hath so shone Like it, it is so pure.
4 'Tis God who did this City raise, And he will it repair, That it may be to his high praise, Himself also dwells there:
5 It is his Dwelling-place below, The Palace of our King; And all great Kings shall Gifts bestow, To make her glory ring