Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 100 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, I long, I faint to see
The place of Thine abode;
I’d leave Thine earthly courts, and flee
Up to Thy seat, my God!
2 Here I behold Thy distant face,
And ’tis a pleasing sight;
But to abide in Thine embrace
Is infinite delight.
3 I’d part with all the joys of sense
To gaze upon Thy throne;
Pleasure springs fresh for ever thence,
Unspeakable, unknown.
4 There all the heav’nly hosts are seen,
In shining ranks they move,
And drink immortal vigor in
With wonder and with love.
5 Then at Thy feet with awful fear
Th’ adoring armies fall;
With joy they shrink to nothing there,
Before th’ eternal All.
6 There I would vie with all the host
In duty and in bliss;
While "less than nothing" I could boast,
And "vanity confess."
7 The more Thy glories strike mine eyes
The humbler I shall lie;
Thus while I sink, my joys shall rise
Unmeasurably high.
Used With Tune: MAITLAND Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs 1707-09, Book II
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