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Text:O Love! O Life! Our faith and sight
Author:J. G. Whittier, 1807-1892
Tune:SOMERSET
Composer:W. H. Hewlett, 1873-

67. O Love! O Life! Our faith and sight

1 O Love! O Life! Our faith and sight
Thy presence maketh one;
As through transfigured clouds of white
We trace the noonday sun.

2 So to our mortal eyes subdued,
Flesh-veiled, but not concealed,
We know in Thee the fatherhood
And heart of God revealed.

3 We faintly, hear, we dimly see,
In differing phrase we pray;
But, dim or clear, we own in Thee
The Light, the Truth, the Way!

4 Apart from Thee all gain is loss,
All labour vainly done;
The solemn shadow of Thy cross
Is better than the sun.

5 Our Friend, our Brother, and our Lord,
What may Thy service be?
Nor name, nor form, nor ritual word,
But simply following Thee.

Text Information
First Line: O Love! O Life! Our faith and sight
Author: J. G. Whittier, 1807-1892
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Christ: Brother; Friend; Christ: Life; Christ: Light (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SOMERSET
Composer: W. H. Hewlett, 1873-
Meter: C.M.
Key: E♭ Major



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