"leaven" appears in 6 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
leaven
...Let us therefore keep the feast,
Not with old leaven,
Let us therefore keep the feast,...
Let us therefore keep the feast,
Not with old leaven,
Let us therefore keep the feast,
...Evil and heathen practice to include,
As leaven mingled with the meal of wheat,
Thus to corrupt its purity as food....
Evil and heathen practice to include,
As leaven mingled with the meal of wheat,
Thus to corrupt its purity as food.
...Including pagan, evil things,
As leaven mingled with the meal.
A system of the world as such,...
Including pagan, evil things,
As leaven mingled with the meal.
A system of the world as such,
...His living by the cross;
Rejecting honey, leaven,
Accounting them but loss....
His living by the cross;
Rejecting honey, leaven,
Accounting them but loss.
...The Word of grace hath purged away
The old and wicked leaven.
Christ alone our souls will feed;...
The Word of grace hath purged away
The old and wicked leaven.
Christ alone our souls will feed;
...Her mixture with the world her strength.
Fine flour leavened by the yeast,
A harlot riding on a beast....
Her mixture with the world her strength.
Fine flour leavened by the yeast,
A harlot riding on a beast.
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