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Absent from flesh! O blissful thought! Hymn 23 Part 1

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 23.1, under 2 Corinthians 5:8.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 23.1

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

2 Corinthians 5:8 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under 2 Corinthians 5:8. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 2 CORINTHIANS 5

Absent from flesh! O blissful thought! What unknown joys this moment brings! Freed from the mischiefs sin has brought, From pains, and fears, and all their springs. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 23.1. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 23.1 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!

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