The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#658

658. Thou hidden love of God, whose height

1 Thou hidden love of God, Whose height,
Whose depth unfathomed, no man knows:
I see from far Thy beauteous light,
Inly I sigh for Thy repose:
My heart is pained, nor can it be
At rest, till it find rest in Thee.

2 Is there a thing beneath the sun
That strives with Thee my heart to share?
Ah! tear it thence, and reign alone,
The Lord of every motion there.
Then shall my heart from earth be free,
When it has found repose in Thee.

3 Oh, hide this self from me, that I
No more, but Christ in me, may live!
My base affections crucify,
Nor let one favorite sin survive;
In all things nothing may I see,
Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee.

4 Each moment draw from earth away
My heart, that lowly waits Thy call!
Speak to my inmost soul, and say
I am thy love, thy God, thy all!
To feel Thy power, to hear Thy voice,
To taste Thy love, be all my choice!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou hidden love of God, whose height
• Title: Thou hidden love of God, whose height
• Translator: John Wesley (1738)
• Author: G. Tersteegen (1729)
• Meter: 8 s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: Parochial Missions; Home and Personal Use; Aspiration; Love Of God
• Notes: Tune name in index: REST

Tune Information

• Name: [Thou hidden love of God, whose height]
• Composer: Sir John Stainer, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: 8 s.
• Key: C Major