Thou hidden Father’s love, whose height,
Whose soundless depths none fully knows,
I see by faith Thy beauteous light,
And sigh within for Thy repose:
My longing heart can never be
At rest, save when it rests in Thee!

Is there a thing beneath the sun
That strives with Thee my heart to share?
O tear it thence, and reign alone,
The spring of every motion there!
Then shall my joyful heart be free,
And find its deep repose in thee!

From me O banish self, that I
No more, but Christ in me, may live:
Desires the cross doth crucify-
Let none remain, Thy heart to grieve!
To taste Thy power, to hear Thy voice,
and know Thy love, be all my choice!