Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#59

59. Humbly I Adore Thee

1. Humbly I adore thee, Verity unseen,
Who thy glory hidest 'neath these shadows mean;
Lo, to thee surrendered, my whole heart is bowed,
Tranced as it beholds thee, shrined within the cloud.

2. Taste and touch and vision to discern thee fail;
Faith, that comes by hearing, pierces through the veil.
I believe whate'er the Son of God hath told;
What the Truth hath spoken, that for truth I hold.

3. O memorial wondrous of the Lord's own death;
Living Bread, which givest all thy creatures breath,
Grant my spirit ever by thy life may live,
To my taste thy sweetness never-failing give.

4. Jesus, by Heav'n veiled, I perceive by faith;
What my soul doth thirst for, do not, Lord, forsake:
That thy face unveiled, I at last may see,
With the blissful vision, blest my God, of thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Humbly I adore thee, verity unseen
• Title: Humbly I Adore Thee
• Latin Title: Adoro devote, latens veritas
• Author: Thomas Aquinas
• Meter: 6.5.6.5 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 1:2-3
• Topic: Epiphany: Thomas Aquinas
• Source: The Monastic Diurnal, 1932
• Notes: Latin text, “Adoro devote, latens veritas,” attr. to Thomas Aquinas, tr. as in The Monastic Diurnal (1932), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ADORO DEVOTE
• Meter: 6.5.6.5 D
• Incipit: 13555 65
• Key: D Major
• Source: arr. The Hymnal 1940
• Notes: Tune ADORO DEVOTE, plainchant, 17th cen., arr. as in The Hymnal 1940.