English poem
Nearness to GOD thro' CHRIST. Eph. ii. 13
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
And are we now brought near to God, Who once at Distance stood? And to effect this glorious Change Did Jesus shed his Blood?
O for a Song of ardent Praise To bear our Souls above! What should allay our lively Hope, Or damp our flaming Love?
Draw us, O LORD, with quick'ning Grace, And bring us yet more near; Here may we see thy Glories shine, And taste thy Mercies here.
O may that Love, which spread thy Board, Dispose us for the Feast; May Faith behold a smiling GOD Thro' Jesus' bleeding Breast.
Fir'd with the View, our Souls shall rise In such a Scene as this, And view the happy Moment near, That shall compleat our Bliss.
More by Philip Doddridge
- Ministers a sweet Savour, whether of Life or Death. 2 Cor. ii. 15, 16
- Ministers comforted, that they may comfort others. 2 Cor. i. 4
- MOSES'S View of the divine Glory. Exod. xxxiii. 18
- Moses's wise Choice. Heb. xi. 26
- Noah preserved in the Ark, and the Believer in CHRIST. 1 Pet. iii. 20, 21
- Of lamenting national Sins. Ezek. ix. 4-6
- On Recovery from Sickness, during which, much of the divine Favour had been experienced
- Our Desire and Groaning before GOD, when proceeding from the greatest Distress. Psal. xxxviii. 9. 10