In the paradise of glory.
Is the Man Divine—
There my heart, O God, is tasting
Fellowship with Thine.
Called to share Thy joy unmeasured
Now is heaven begun;
I rejoice with Thee, O Father,
In Thy glorious Son.
Where the heart of God is resting,
There my rest I find;
Christ in all His stainless glory,
His delight and mine.
There in deep unhindered fullness
Doth my joy flow free—
On through everlasting ages,
Lord, beholding Thee.
Round me is creation groaning,
Death, and sin, and care;
But there is a rest remaining,
And my Lord is there.
There I find a blessed stillness,
Where He rests in love;
All below is strife and darkness,
Cloudless peace above.
‘Tis a solitary pathway
To that fair retreat,
Where in deep and sweet communion
Sit I at His feet.
In that glorious isolation,
Loneliness, how blest;
From the windy storm and tempest,
Have I found my rest.
Learning from Thy lips forever
All the Father’s heart,
Thou hast, in that joy eternal,
Chosen me my part.
There where Jesus, Jesus only,
Fills each heart and tongue,
Where Himself is all the radiance,
And His love the song.
Here who follows Him the nearest,
Needs must walk alone;
There like many seas the chorus,
Praise surrounds the throne.
Here a dark and silent pathway,
In those clouds so fair;
Countless hosts, yet each beholding
Jesus only, there.