A47611:68
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.
1 Thy Saints Lord have a dwelling strong, And thou that dwelling art, No habitation like to this, Hath any haughty Heart.
1 THy Saints Lord have a dwelling strong, And thou that dwelling art, No habitation like to this, Hath any haughty Heart.
2 For 'tis the low and humble Soul That in the Lord does dwell: Where such do rest, and have repose, This dwelling doth excel.
2 For 'tis the low and humble Soul That in the Lord does dwell: Where such do rest, and have repose, This dwelling doth excell.
3 A house, ah 'tis our home always, And when we absent be: How do we long for to return, So do our Soul till we
4 Return again unto our God, When we from thee do stray: O bring us to our blessed abode, Christ Jesus is the Way.
4 Return again unto our God, When we from thee do stray: O bring us to our bless'd abode, Christ Jesus is the Way.