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Not with our mortal eyes Christ unseen and beloved, 1 Pet. 1. 8
Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 108, under 1 Peter 1:8.
WRITTEN BY
Isaac Watts 1674–1748
PRINTED
1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 108
METRE
Not recorded 3 stanzas
WRITTEN ON
1 Peter 1:8 the verse printed above it
The hymn, and the Scripture in it
All 3 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
4 echoes in 12 lines.
Where Watts found it
Watts printed the hymn under 1 Peter 1:8. The line that comes closest to it is marked.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 1 PETER 1:8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 1 PETER 1
And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, And heaven begins below. STANZA III
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 108. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.
NO. 108 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Not with our mortal eyes
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