Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church ‎#708

708. Unveil, O Lord, and on us shine

1 Unveil, O Lord, and on us shine
In glory and in grace;
The gaudy world grows pale before
The beauty of thy face.

2 Till thou art seen, it seems to be
A sort of fairy ground,
Where suns unsetting light the sky,
And flowers and fruits abound.

3 But when thy keener, purer beam
Is poured upon our sight,
It loses all its power to charm,
And what was day is night.

4 Its noblest toils are then the scourge
Which made thy blood to flow;
Its joys are but the treacherous thorns
Which circled round thy brow.

5 And thus, when we renounce for thee
Its restless aims and fears,
The tender memories of the past,
All hopes of coming years,

6 Poor is our sacrifice, whose eyes
Are lighted from above;
We offer what we cannot keep,
What we have ceased to love.

Text Information

• First Line: Unveil, O Lord, and on us shine
• Author: John H. Newman
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1878

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