Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#300

300. Supreme High-priest, the pilgrim's light

1 Supreme High-priest, the pilgrim's light,
My heart for thee prepare;
Thine image stamp, and deeply write
Thy superscription there.

2 Ah, let my forehead bear thy seal,
My arm thy badge retain,
My heart the inward witness fell
That I am born again.

3 Into thy humble mansion come,
Set up thy dwelling here.
Possess my heart, and leave no room
For sin to harbour there:

4 Ah, give me, Lord, the single eye,
Which aims at naught but thee:
I fain would live, and yet not I--
Let Jesus live in me.

5 O that the penetrating sight
And eagle's eye were mine!
Undazzled at the boundless light,
Of majesty divine;

6 That with the armies of the sky
I too may sit and sing,
Add, Saviour, to the eagle's eye,
The dove's aspiring wing.

Text Information

• First Line: Supreme High-priest, the pilgrim's light
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: For a new Nature; Supplication for the divine mercy

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