A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#537

537. Seeing the Invisible

Eternal and immortal King!
Thy peerless splendors none can bear;
But darkness veils seraphic eyes,
When God with all his glory’s there.

Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom,
The great Invisible can see;
And with its tremblings mingle joy,
In fixed regard, great GOD! to Thee.

Then every tempting form of sin,
Shamed in Thy presence, disappears;
And all the glowing raptured soul
The likeness it contemplates, wears.

O ever conscious to my heart!
Witness to its supreme desire:
Behold it presseth on to Thee,
For it hath caught the heavenly fire.

This one petition would it urge—
To bear Thee ever in its sight;
In life, in death, in worlds unknown,
Its only portion and delight!

Text Information

• First Line: Eternal and immortal King!
• Title: Seeing the Invisible
• Author: Doddridge
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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