God's tender care of his church, Isa. 13 &c

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Source: Project Gutenberg #13341 Source URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13341 Public domain basis: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707; 1818 Corrall printing in PG #13341). Author d. 1748. US public domain. Coverage: Complete individual poem extracted from parent edition watts-hymns-and-spiritual-songs at bytes 37582-38395; checksum 47d46f531fc1f536945a8e2970da9a34b96820b3af8a34158c376f3807df1f3d.

# God's tender care of his church, Isa. 13 &c

God's tender care of his church, Isa. 13 &c

Hymn 1:39. God's tender care of his church, Isa. 13 &c.

1 How shall my inward joys arise And burst into a song, Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue.

2 God on his thirsty Sion-hill Some mercy-drops has thrown, And solemn oaths have bound his love To shower salvation down.

3 Why do we then indulge our fears, Suspicions and complaints? Is he a God, and shall his grace Grow weary of his saints?

4 Can a kind woman e'er forget The infant of her womb, And 'mongst a thousand tender thoughts Her suckling have no room?

5 "Yet (saith the Lord) should nature change, "And mothers monsters prove, "Sion still dwells upon the heart "Of everlasting love.

6 "Deep on the palms of both my hands "I have engrav'd her name, "My hands shall raise her ruin'd walls, "And build her broken frame."