1 We limit not the truth of God
to our poor reach of mind,
to notions of our day and sect,
crude, partial and confined:
no, let a new and better hope
within our hearts be stirred:
the Lord has yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.
2 Our faithful forebears searching went
the first steps of the way;
this was the dawning, yet to grow
into this perfect day.
And grow it shall, our glorious sun
will brighter rays afford:
the Lord has yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.
3 O Father, Son, and Spirit, send
us increase from above;
enlarge, expand all living souls
to comprehend your love;
and make us all go on to know,
with nobler powers conferred,
that you have yet more light and truth
to break forth from your word.
Source: Together in Song: Australian hymn book II #453
First Line: | We limit not the truth of God |
Title: | We Limit Not the Truth of God |
Author: | George Rawson |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 D |
Place of Origin: | England |
Language: | English |
Notes: | French translation: "La vérité de notre Dieu" by F. Augé-Daullé; Spanish translation: See "No limitemos la verdad del omnisciente Dios" by Rosemary Fishburn |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
We limit not the truth of God. G. Rawson. [Profound Depth of Holy Scripture.] This hymn was given in the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853, No. 409, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, and headed with the following extract upon which it was based:—
"He charged us before God, and His blessed angels, if God should reveal anything to us by any other instrument of His, to be as ready to receive it as any truth by his ministry; for he was very confident the Lord had more light and truth yet to break forth out of His holy word." Narrative of Pastor Robinson's Address to the Pilgrim Fathers.
This note, together with the hymn, also appeared in Mr. Rawson's Hymns, Verses, and Chants, 1876.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)