A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious: collected from various authors (11th ed.) CXII. Thou great mysterious God unknwon

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CXII. Thou great mysterious God unknwon

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1 Thou great mysterious God unknown,
Whose love hath gently led me on,
Ev'n from my infant days;
Mine inmost soul expose to view,
And tell me if I ever knew
Thy justifying grace.

2 If I have only known thy fear,
And follow'd with an heart sincere,
Thy drawings from above;
Now, now the farther grace bestow,
And let my sprinkled conscience know,
Thy sweet forgiving love.

3 Short of thy love I would not stop,
A stranger to the gospel-hope,
The sense of sin forgiv'n:
I would not, Lord, my soul deceive,
Without thy inward witness live,
That antepast of heav'n.

4 If now the witness were in me,
Would he not testify of thee,
In Jesus reconcil'd?
And should I not with faith draw nigh,
And boldly Abba Father cry,
I know myself thy child?

5 Ah! never let thy servant rest,
Till of my part in Christ possest,
I on thy mercy feed:
Unworthy of the crumbs that fall,
Yet rais'd by him who dy'd for all,
To eat the children's bread.

6 Whate'er obstructs thy pard'ning love,
Or sin or righteousness remove,
Thy glory to display;
Mine heart of unbelief convince,
And now absolve me from my sins,
And take them all away.