Come Dearest Lord Descend And Dwell

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,

and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only Begotten

of the Father, full of grace and truth."

John 1:14

Mother and Child

James Seward

American artist

Come dearest Lord, descend and dwell

By faith and love in every breast;

Then shall we know, and taste, and feel

The joys that cannot be expressed.

Come, fill our hearts with inward strength

Make our enlarged souls possess,

And learn the height, and breadth, and length

Of Thine unmeasurable grace.

Now to the God whose power can do

More than our thoughts or wishes know,

Be everlasting honors done

By all the Church, through Christ His Son.

"Come Dearest Lord Descend And Dwell"

From Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Issac Watts

(1674-1748)

English Christian minister, hymn writer,

theologian, logician

Known as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"