LORD we have learned of Thee,
Seen Thee anew;
Beheld Thy bleeding hands and side and feet, Heard Thee express again in tones so sweet—
” I died for you."
That love which led Thee on
E'en to the grave,
Dark Calvary's mount, where Thou in love didst go, Defeating death and conquering the foe,
The lost to save.
That resurrection morn,
When from the tomb
Triumphant Thou didst rise, the work well done, Thy Father's will fulfilled, the victory won,
Gone all the gloom.
And more than even this,
We've learned to see
The fact that Thou hast made a plan for all Who, drawn by love divine, have heard Thee call
And come to Thee.
We've heard of service, Lord!
Our hearts were moved;
And as we listened Thou didst seem to say "
Only the child with whom I have My way
Can e'er be used."
And then we yielded all
Into Thy hand;
Asked Thee to cleanse our hearts from secret sin,
To take control and ever reign within
As Thou hast planned.
'Tis easy so to do
When all is bright.
When skies are blue, and shadows nowhere near, 'Tis easy, when no threatening clouds appear,
To do the right.
But when the clouds arise,
Darkening the sky;
When Satan tempts, how like Thy child of old We shrink, when we had thought ourselves so bold,
And Thee deny.
And yet Thou art the same
Unchanging Friend;
We love to hear those words " I've prayed for you,"
And know Thy heart, so tender and so true, Loves to the end.
Loves, when our love at best
Is ofttimes weak,
When we forget those farewell words from Thee, " Go ye, yea go to all the world for Me,
The lost to seek."
And so we pray Thee Lord
To help us all;
To give us courage, strength for every day, To keep our footsteps in the narrow way,
Lest we should fall.
Oh! let Thy beauty, Lord,
From henceforth be
Seen in us all, that others too may know The One from whom alone all blessings flow,
And trust in Thee.