Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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GOD UNSEARCHABLE. |
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GOD UNSEARCHABLE.
“Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?”
—Job, xi. 7.
We see, O Lord! from day to day,
In every work of thine,
That goodness, power, and skill, which say,
Thou art! and art divine!
In every work of thine,
That goodness, power, and skill, which say,
Thou art! and art divine!
We feel this truth, from hour to hour,
When deep within the heart
Thy Spirit, with resistless power,
And love—declares Thou art.
When deep within the heart
Thy Spirit, with resistless power,
And love—declares Thou art.
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More would we know—Thyself alone
Canst banish every doubt;
Vain all researches of our own
Must be to find thee out.
Canst banish every doubt;
Vain all researches of our own
Must be to find thee out.
Oh! teach us, then, thine outward word
To study more and more,
And be its oracles preferr'd
To perishable lore.
To study more and more,
And be its oracles preferr'd
To perishable lore.
Instruct us to thy inward voice
To lend a wakeful ear:
In its approval to rejoice,
At each rebuke to fear.
To lend a wakeful ear:
In its approval to rejoice,
At each rebuke to fear.
Thy word our law; thy voice our guide;
Thy truth our only stay,
Show us a Saviour crucified,
To Thee, the Light, the Way.
Thy truth our only stay,
Show us a Saviour crucified,
To Thee, the Light, the Way.
Thus be that saving knowledge won
Which only their's can be,
Who, through the Spirit, and the Son,
Are brought, O God! to thee.
Which only their's can be,
Who, through the Spirit, and the Son,
Are brought, O God! to thee.
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