Why Should the Children of a King Lyrics Isaac Watts, 1709
4 verses, meter C.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. Why should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?
Great Comforter, descend, and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.
Verse 2. Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?
Verse 3. Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer’s blood;
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
Verse 4. Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1709, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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