O precious Savior! unseen friend!
By faith discern'd within the veil,
Thy boundless love can never end,
Thy sympathy can never fail.
My weary soul delights to rest,
While passing through this dreary
Calmly reposing on Thy breast,
Tasting the joys at God's right-hand.
Secure within the living ark,
Shut in by hand and power divine,
I share Thy Father's children's park,
And find their joys and sorrows mine.
In our deepest untold sorrows
In Thee a full response we find;
Thy loving pity freely flows,
We learn Thy sympathizing mind.
And in our joys Thou hast a part,
For naught were joy apart from Thee;
Thy joys, O Lord, rejoice our heart,
And their full tide we long to see.
We long Thyself, O Lord, to greet,
Thyself the Morning Star to see,
When all Thy gather'd ones shall meet,
And be forever, Lord, with Thee.