O blessed Savior, Jesus, Lord!
What hast Thou done for me!
Were the broad sky one outspread page,
My pen the smallest tree;
Were rivers, oceans, lakes and seas,
Ink gathered into one-
And Ito write, and write and write,
Until this world were done-
Lord Jesus! well I know, full well,
That I could not the one-half tell.
Unto my tongue were given a power,
Omnipotent to speak;
So that each word thus spoken would
More than a thousand make,
And all the weeks, and months, and years,
Were days rolled into one,
And I to talk, and talk, and talk,
Until all time were run-
Lord Jesus! ah, I know full well,
That I could not the one-half tell!
Were my heart larger than the world,
No earthly thing within-
Were it completely emptied out,
Entirely free from sin-
A mighty heart, and time to fill,
Until expired the sun;-
Ah, me! it would be bursting full,
While time were but begun!
Lord Jesus! all Thy love untold,
It never could the one-half hold!
Lord Jesus! O, Thou blessed One!
All Thou hast done for me!
A thousand tongues can never tell
The fullness that’s in Thee!
A thousand hearts can never hold,
What Thou to me hast given,
A thousand worlds cannot contain
The glory there in heaven,
Lord Jesus! well I know, full well,
That nothing human e’er can tell!