Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Jesus, These Eyes Have Never Seen


Jesus, these eyes have never seen
That radiant form of Thine;
The veils of sense hangs dark between
Thy blessed face and mine.

I see Thee not, I hear Thee not,
Yet art Thou oft with me;
And earth hath ne'er so dear a spot
As where I meet with Thee.

Yet though I have not seen, and still 
Must rest in faith alone;
I love Thee, dearest Lord, and will, 
Unseen, but not unknown.

When death these mortal eyes shall seal,
And still this throbbing heart,
The rending veil shall Thee reveal,
All glorious as Thou art.
—Ray Palmer, 1858. Original Trinity Hymnal, #545