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Hymn: Jesus these eyes have never seen (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Jesus these eyes have never seen

Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy

Writer: Ray Palmer

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 776

Page Number: 453, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Jesus, these eyes have never seen

That radiant form of thine!

The vail of sense hangs dark between

Thy blessed face and mine!



I see thee not, I hear thee not,

Yet art thou oft with me;

And earth hath ne'er so dear a spot,

As where I meet with thee.



Like some bright dream that comes unsought,

When slumbers o'er me roll,

Thine image ever fills my thought,

And charms my ravished soul.



Yet though I have not seen, and still

Must rest in faith alone;

I love thee, dearest Lord! and will,

Unseen, but not unknown.



When death these mortal eyes shall seal,

And still this throbbing heart,

The rending vail shall thee reveal,

All glorious as thou art!