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Jesus is gone above the skies The memorial of our absent Lord, John 16. 16. Luke 22. 19. John 14. 3

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book III, no. 6, under John 16:16, 19, 3.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 6

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

John 16:16, 19, 3 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

Jesus is gone above the skies

Jesus is gone above the skies,

Where our weak senses reach him not

And carnal objects court our eyes

To thrust our Saviour from our thought.

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 John 16:16, 19, 3. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.” JOHN 16:16, 19, 3 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ JOHN 16

While he is absent from our sight 'Tis to prepare our souls a place, That we may dwell in heavenly light, And live for ever near his face. STANZA V

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

NO. 6 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Jesus is gone above the skies

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