Hymn
The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit
Why should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?
Great Comforter, descend, and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.
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?
Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer's blood;
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.
The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit — Text from Laudes Domini, 1888. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-witnessing-and-sealing-spirit
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit?
The words of The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1888. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Let children hear the mighty deeds and Universal Praise to God.
Is The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Laudes Domini, published in 1888. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit?
The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Rest of Faith, Come, Let Us Join with One Accord and Now that the Sun Is Beaming Bright.