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[We cannot know the' eternal Son]
Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, &c.
—xvi. 17.
We cannot know the' eternal Son
By all our reasoning powers,
Till God vouchsafes to make Him known,
And shows that Christ is ours:
The Father must the Son reveal
As bleeding on the tree,
And give my sprinkled heart to feel,
My God—He dies for me!
By all our reasoning powers,
Till God vouchsafes to make Him known,
And shows that Christ is ours:
The Father must the Son reveal
As bleeding on the tree,
And give my sprinkled heart to feel,
My God—He dies for me!
If now I know the Crucified,
Thy Spirit still bestow,
So shall I in the faith abide,
And in the knowledge grow:
And when Thou fill'st the measure up,
Father, my soul remove,
And swallow up my faith and hope
In beatific love.
Thy Spirit still bestow,
So shall I in the faith abide,
And in the knowledge grow:
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Father, my soul remove,
And swallow up my faith and hope
In beatific love.
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