Verse 1

WITH glorious clouds encompassed round, Whom angels dimly see, Will the Unsearchable be found, Or God appear to me?

Verse 2

Will He forsake His throne above, Himself to me impart? Answer, Thou Man of grief and love, And speak it to my heart!

Verse 3

In manifested love explain Thy wonderful design; What meant the suffering Son of Man, The streaming blood divine?

Verse 4

Didst thou not in our flesh appear, And live and die below, That I may now perceive Thee near, And my Redeemer know?

Verse 5

Come then, and to my soul reveal The heights and depths of grace, The wounds which all my sorrows heal, That dear disfigured face.

Verse 6

I view the Lamb in His own light, Whom angels dimly see, And gaze, transported at the sight, Through all eternity.

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