92 OUR HYMNS :
" Father, how wide Thy glory shines ! " No. 299.
This is part of a piece in Watts " Horas Lyricoe, (1706), Book I. It is headed " God glorious and sinners saved."
" When I survey the wondrous Cross." No. 371.
A writer of one of the " Oxford Essays " (1858) fixes on this as Watts finest hymn. It is given in the " New Congregational Hymn Book" without abbreviation or alteration. The same writer regards the poet s rendering of the 90th Psalm :
" Our God, our help in ages past," No. 130,
as his finest paraphrase. It is given in the "New Congre gational Hymn Book," with the omission of two verses.
" 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." No. 380.
This verse, in its improved form, is by John Wesley. Dr. Watts wrote it thus :
" 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."
It appeared in his "Lyrics," first book, (1706), and is en titled " Christ Dying, Rising, and Reigning."
" Jesus, Thou everlasting King ! " No. 403.
This is part of Watts hymn 72, first book. It begins : " Daughters of Sion, come, behold ! "
And is headed " The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church." Sol. Song iii. 11.
" Questions and doubts be heard no more." No. 463.
This is one of two hymns given at the close of three sermons on "The Inward Witness to Christianity," on the text 1 John
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