THOU HIDDEN LOVE OF GOD
1. Thou hidden love
of God, whose height,
Whose depth
unfathom'd no man knows,
I see from far Thy
beauteous light,
Inly I sigh for Thy
repose;
My heart is pained,
nor can it be
At rest, till it
finds rest in Thee.
2. Thy secret voice
invites me still
The sweetness of
Thy yoke to prove;
And fain I would,
but though my will
Seems fixed, yet
wide my passions rove;
Yet hindrances
strew all the way;
I aim at Thee, yet
from Thee stray.
3. 'Tis mercy all,
that Thou hast brought
My mind to seek her
peace in Thee;
Yet, while I seek
but find Thee not.
No peace my
wand'ring soul shell see.
Oh, when shall all
my wand'rings end,
And all my steps to
Thee-ward tend!
4. Is there a thing
beneath the sun
That strives with
Thee my heart to share?
Ah! tear it thence,
and reign alone,
The Lord of every
motion there.
Then shall my heart
from earth be free,
When it has found
repose in Thee.
5. Oh, hide this
self from me, that I
No more, but Christ
in me may live;
My vile affections
mortify,
Nor let one darling
sin survive.
In all things
nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or
seek but Thee.
6. O Lord, Thy
sovereign aid impart,
To save me from
low-thoughted care,
Chase this
self-will through all my heart
Through all its
latent mazes there.
Make me Thy duteous
child, that I
Ceaseless may Abba,
Father, cry.
7. Each moment draw
from earth away
My heart which
lowly waits Thy call;
Speak to my inmost
soul and say,
"I am thy
love, thy God, thy all."
To feel Thy power,
to hear Thy voice,
To taste Thy love,
be all my choice.
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