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 92 OUR HYMNS :

&quot; Father, how wide Thy glory shines ! &quot; No. 299.

This is part of a piece in Watts &quot; Horas Lyricoe, (1706), Book I. It is headed &quot; God glorious and sinners saved.&quot;

&quot; When I survey the wondrous Cross.&quot; No. 371.

A writer of one of the &quot; Oxford Essays &quot; (1858) fixes on this as Watts finest hymn. It is given in the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book&quot; without abbreviation or alteration. The same writer regards the poet s rendering of the 90th Psalm :

&quot; Our God, our help in ages past,&quot; No. 130,

as his finest paraphrase. It is given in the &quot;New Congre gational Hymn Book,&quot; with the omission of two verses.

&quot; He dies, the Friend of sinners dies :

Lo ! Salera s daughters weep around : A solemn darkness veils the skies :

A sudden trembling shakes the ground.&quot; No. 380.

This verse, in its improved form, is by John Wesley. Dr. Watts wrote it thus :

&quot; He dies, the heavenly Lover dies ; The tidings strike a doleful sound On my poor heart-strings : deep He lies In the cold caverns of the ground.&quot;

It appeared in his &quot;Lyrics,&quot; first book, (1706), and is en titled &quot; Christ Dying, Rising, and Reigning.&quot;

&quot; Jesus, Thou everlasting King ! &quot; No. 403.

This is part of Watts hymn 72, first book. It begins : &quot; Daughters of Sion, come, behold ! &quot;

And is headed &quot; The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church.&quot; Sol. Song iii. 11.

&quot; Questions and doubts be heard no more.&quot; No. 463.

This is one of two hymns given at the close of three sermons on &quot;The Inward Witness to Christianity,&quot; on the text 1 John

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