You are my light, though all my soul be dim Through all the questions of my heart, a friend. You speak, though words I do not hear; And listen, though seeming from afar. You comfort, though I sense no touch, And in each cross, the kindness of the just. And though I be a worm […]
Lord, purify my heart to love May all its thoughts be Thine, In solitude of fellowship Teach me to seek until I find Teach me to knock until the vault Is opened, where, earth’s treasures hid Are offered up, until no more I guard the painted dead. My empty heart then take, Oh Lord, Make […]
Jesus, Shepherd, faithful Lord, On Thee now I must lean; Take now my heart, and cleanse And purify and wean it Clay from earth, bare dust of dust, Untempered and entwined; I have no gift, no worthy part, Nor gold to be refined. I borrow from Thy hand my gold, I take my heart, an […]
My Father, may I now draw near And touch your Son, The hem of His rough royal robe he wore On earth. Unworthy to be thought of God Am I, And too undone, And yet I would draw near to Him; True questions in the place of doubt, True trembling in the place of fear, […]
By light of a lantern, a dim, trackless land, And all unexpected, the touch of a hand, The sound of a voice speaking soft in the night Past all understanding, past hearing and sight. The fears that surrounded have fled at Thy word As bones of a ship, swirling shards on the flood, In depth […]
Lord, move my heart to mourn my sin, And weep for others’ pain. Give me desires that turn from self To bind up and support the lame. May I not weep with Esau’s tears, To seek but to restore my loss; Give me the tears of Israel, To wrestle in the arms of God. Give […]
Lord take me, deal with me, I would not come disgraceful To your table, Lord; Thy wedding-feast, The supper of the Risen Lamb, Thy kingdom festival. High towers surround Thy walls, Uncounted pinnacles of Truth, great Justice, Miracles of holy Grace; And shall I come unkempt As any prodigal, with festering, silted heart, Oh cleanse […]
Father, in the dawn of this Thy own new-opening year We thank you now for every coming tear And triumph, every precious seed half-sown, May they be gathered one by one And pressed into your hand And hidden in your heart of love To grow unmeasured, bountiful, Awaiting us close-kept within the garden Of Thy […]
Still, Lord, ill whispers holding me, Take captive all my fears, That I, content to lean on Thee, Thus spend each age of years. Give to me now your heart of trust, Your willing Spirit’s ways, To be no more the host, the guest; A child has come to stay. For once I dreamed of […]
Our hearts are deep ingrown with sin, Entwined with innermost desires Like tares in wheat, with woven roots Close-bound, but fuel for the fire. Lord, tear away each hidden cord That draws us to depart from Thee, That we may have the sacred scar Of Thine own cross, That we may seek With unchained limbs, […]