The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8281

8281. Now Let Us See Thy Beauty, Lord

1 Now let us see Thy beauty, Lord,
As we have seen before;
And by Thy beauty quicken us
To love Thee and adore.

2 ’Tis easy when with simple mind
Thy loveliness we see,
To consecrate ourselves afresh
To duty and to Thee.

3 Our every feverish mood is cooled,
And gone is every load,
When we can lose the love of self,
And find the love of God.

4 ’Tis by Thy loveliness we’re won
To home and Thee again,
And as we are Thy children true
We are more truly men.

5 Lord, it is coming to ourselves
When thus we come to Thee;
The bondage of Thy loveliness
Is perfect liberty.

6 So now we come to ask again,
What Thou hast often giv’n,
The vision of that loveliness
Which is the life of Heav’n.

Text Information

• First Line: Now let us see Thy beauty, Lord
• Title: Now Let Us See Thy Beauty, Lord
• Author: Benjamin Waugh, 1839-1908
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Source: Congregational Hymns, by W. Garrett Horder (London: Elliot Stock, 1884), number 826
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This hymn was originally published in The Sunday Magazine, which Waugh edited.

Tune Information

• Name: ST. HUGH
• Composer: Edward John Hopkins (1862)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: E♭ Major