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Must all the charms of nature then [Supplement.] A hopeful youth falling short of heaven, Mark 10. 21

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 23, under Mark 10:21.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 23

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Mark 10:21 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 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

Must all the charms of nature then

So hopeless to salvation prove?

Can hell demand, can heaven condemn

The man whom Jesus deigns to love?

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Mark 10:21. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” MARK 10:21 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ MARK 10

But mark the change! thus spake the Lord, "Come, part with earth for heaven to-day," The youth astonish'd at the word, In silent sadness went his way. 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 23. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 23 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Must all the charms of nature then

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