Thou Hidden Love of God

Verse 1

Thou hidden love
of God, whose height,
whose depth unfathomed
no one knows,

I see from far
thy beauteous light,
and inly sigh
for thy repose;

my heart is pained,
nor can it be
at rest, till it
finds rest in thee.

Verse 2

’Tis mercy all
that thou has brought
my mind to seek
its peace in thee;

yet while I seek,
but find thee not,
no peace my
wandering soul shall see.

O when shall all
my wanderings end,
and all my steps
to thee-ward tend?

Verse 3

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 hath found
repose in thee.

Verse 4

O Love, thy sovereign
aid impart
to save me from
low-thoughted care;

chase this self-will
from all my heart,
from all its hidden
mazes there;

make me thy duteous
child that I
ceaseless may
“Abba, Father” cry.

Verse 5

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.