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So new born babes desire the breast Characters of the children of God, from several scriptures

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 143.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 143

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 10 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 10 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

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

So new born babes desire the breast

To feed, and grow, and thrive:

So saints with joy the gospel taste,

And by the gospel live.

The passage it draws on most

Its book prints no verse above this hymn. Of the verses its lines share most wording with, this is the one the whole hymn draws on, chosen by an AI model from those the word matching found. Not the author's own heading.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 1 PETER 2:2 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

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 143. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 143 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN So new born babes desire the breast

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