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How sweet and awful is the place Divine love making a feast, and calling in the guests, Luke 14. 17 22 23

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book III, no. 13, under Luke 14:17, 22, 23.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 13

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Luke 14:17, 22, 23 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 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

How sweet and awful is the place

With Christ within the doors,

While everlasting love displays

The choicest of her stores!

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Luke 14:17, 22, 23. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

17When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 22‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’ 23So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. LUKE 14:17, 22, 23 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ LUKE 14

"Why was I made to hear thy voice, "And enter while there's room? "When thousands make a wretched choice, "And rather starve than come."] STANZA IV

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “Prepared for the Lord's Supper”, holds these hymns in this order: 48 hymns. This is number 13. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 13 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN How sweet and awful is the place

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