Isaac Watts, 1709 Condescension

(Hymn 45, Book 2) 88. 88. (L. M.) Transcribed from Province Harmony, 1809. D Major Hezekiah Moors, 1809

  2 5 10 15
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Tr.  4                                      
 2
T.  4                                       
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Thy favors, Lord, surprise our souls; Will the Eternal dwell with us? What canst thou find be –neath the poles To tempt thy

B.
  42                               
   
 20      3     25

         
Tr.           8          
  
              3       
T.            8           
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chariot down–ward thus? To tempt, To tempt thy cha – riot downward thus? Still might he fill his star – ry throne, And
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              3          
B.
    
 8
       
  30  35 40
 2      
Tr.             4    
       
 
T.               42                      
  
please his ears with Ga – briel's songs; But the heav'nly Ma–jes – ty comes down, And bows to hear – ken to our tongues.
      
           2             
B.
     4 
   45         50
         2           
Tr.         4   
    
              
T.                         42           
   
Great God! what poor returns
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we pay, For love so in – fi – nite as thine! Words are but air, and tongues but clay, Words are but
       
   
               2
 4    
B.
      
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                       60 65

Tr.  
                
T.       
air, and tongues but clay; But thy com–pas–sion, thy com–pas–sion's all di – vine.
  
   
          
B.
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