This world is all enchanted ground
This world is all enchanted ground. Benjamin Beddome* (1717-1795).
This hymn was found in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (1817, 1818), compiled by Robert Hall some twenty years after Beddome’s death (JJ, p. 1592). It appeared in a section entitled ‘Historical Passages’ (i.e. based on episodes in the Old and New Testaments). It was entitled ‘Lot looking towards Sodom. GEN. xix. 16, 17.’ It had three stanzas:
This world is all enchanted ground,
Oh whither shall I fly;
The vengeful flames are kindling round,
And if I stop, I die.
When some kind hand has brought me forth,
How lingering is my pace!
Lord, either drive me by thy wrath,
Or draw me by thy grace.
Oh let me not a moment...
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