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I love the windows of thy grace Sight through a glass, and face to face

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 145.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 145

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 3 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no 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.

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3 echoes in 12 lines.

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STANZA I

I love the windows of thy grace

Thro' which my Lord is seen,

And long to meet my Saviour's face

Without a glass between.

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “Composed on divine subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 181 hymns. This is number 145. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 145 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN I love the windows of thy grace

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