Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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PHILIP'S REQUEST. |
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PHILIP'S REQUEST.
“Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.”
—John, xiv. 8.
Hadst thou so long with Jesus been,
Beheld the mighty wonders done,
Yet ne'er through faith's strong vision seen
The Father dwelling in the Son?
Beheld the mighty wonders done,
Yet ne'er through faith's strong vision seen
The Father dwelling in the Son?
Had not the dead been rais'd to life,
The lame, the blind, the deaf been heal'd?
Had not the waves' tumultuous strife,
Still'd by His voice, their Lord reveal'd?
The lame, the blind, the deaf been heal'd?
Had not the waves' tumultuous strife,
Still'd by His voice, their Lord reveal'd?
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The words He utter'd day by day,
Could'st thou so darkly, dimly scan,
As not by glimpses to survey
The Deity but veil'd in man?
Could'st thou so darkly, dimly scan,
As not by glimpses to survey
The Deity but veil'd in man?
Yet, who shall chide thee? Are not we
Oft shadow'd by as dense a cloud,
As in that earlier day, from thee,
Thy Lord's divinity could shroud?
Oft shadow'd by as dense a cloud,
As in that earlier day, from thee,
Thy Lord's divinity could shroud?
The gospel page without, is spread,
Revealing truths then dimly shown,
Ere Christ ascended from the dead,
That man the Comforter might own.
Revealing truths then dimly shown,
Ere Christ ascended from the dead,
That man the Comforter might own.
Within the heart, his light and grace
Would now reveal his glory there,
Making that heart his dwelling-place,
A temple meet for praise and prayer.
Would now reveal his glory there,
Making that heart his dwelling-place,
A temple meet for praise and prayer.
But, like thyself, we would discern,
By outward vision, One divine,
When holier faith would have us learn
God's presence in his inward shrine.
By outward vision, One divine,
When holier faith would have us learn
God's presence in his inward shrine.
Oh, may our hearts no longer wrong
The gracious words that answer'd Thee!—
Have I been with you, then, so long,
And ask ye yet your Lord to see?
The gracious words that answer'd Thee!—
Have I been with you, then, so long,
And ask ye yet your Lord to see?
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