English poem
The Christian Farewel. 2 Cor. xiii. 11
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Thy Presence, Everlasting GOD, Wide o'er all Nature spreads abroad; Thy watchful Eyes, which cannot sleep, In ev'ry Place thy Children keep.
While near each other we remain, Thou dost our Lives and Souls sustain; When absent, happy if we share Thy Smiles, thy Counsels, and thy Care.
To Thee we all our Ways commit, And seek our Comforts near thy Feet; Still on our Souls vouchsafe to shine, And guard and guide us still as Thine.
Give us in thy beloved House Again to pay our grateful Vows; Or, if that Joy no more be known, Give us to meet around thy Throne.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The Blind and Weak led and supported in GOD'S Ways. Isaiah xlii. 16
- The Blood of CHRIST cleansing from all Sin. 1 John i. -7
- The Breath of our Nostrils taken in the Pits of the Enemy, applied to CHRIST. Lament. iv. 20
- The Care of the Soul, the one Thing needful. Luke x. 42
- The Christian perfected by divine Grace through CHRIST. Heb. xiii. 20, 21
- The Christian rejoicing in the Views of Death and Judgment. Rev. xxii. 20
- The Christian Scheme of Salvation worthy of GOD. Hebrews ii. 10
- The Christian Warrior animated and crowned. Rev. ii. 10