Thou hadst no need of us, we know,
For it was we that needed Thee.
Let heaven's dew upon us flow;
That love thou givest sweet and free!
All life, O God, Thou hast foreknown:
Thus Thy word, Lord, is ne'er withdrawn.
That mercy that to us is shone
Shall last until all time is gone.
Blessed are the ones that give it
To the souls they find in need.
Breath they breathe into those spirits
And the hungry hearts they feed.
Come ye thirsty, weary pilgrims
Who the desert paths have trod,
Wet your lips with living water
Flowing from the joy of God.
Show them that meet me Thine own face
And end their grief and shame;
Show them in me Thy marvelous grace
That we may praise Thy Name!
His Prophets came to tell us of His great coming day
When ignorance and hatred shall both be put away,
When ev'ry breathing being shall with their breath proclaim
To Him that is within them, Most Holy is thy Name!
Your life is in His holy will;
Salvation is His mind.
Come to His presence and be still;
Perfection ye shall find.
Grace I announce and perfect peace
To those who bear no blame.
Victory calls and strife shall cease
For those who take his Name.
God with Thy knowledge fill us up,
With that true Word Thou speakest still.
Thy gates of wisdom open up,
Reveal in us Thy deathless will.
From deep beyond Creation's start,
His Word breaks forth in boundless light
Binding the world in every part
In unity and truth and right.
The dwellingplace of truth is there
Where love abounds with sweet concord;
Blessed are they that in them bear
The knowledge of their Holy Lord.
In ev'ry living, hopeful face,
In faces worn with care,
In any woman, child or man-
Our Savior's face is there.
Put off the mask of sin and shame,
Put off the mask of care,
Look at yourself through God's own eye-
Our Savior's face is there.
Let me be gracious in Thy sight,
And worthy of Thy Name;
May love and peace with me abide,
Keep me from sin and blame!
Give to me from Thy bounteous grace,
Hasten to hear my cry;
Let me at last unto Thy face
From all my sorrows fly.
The thought of truth renewed and now doth lead me
And those that see me have been all amazed,
For the Most High hath by His kindness raised me;
To heights of truth He hath my spirit raised.
For the Most High hath by His kindness raised me;
To heights of truth He hath my spirit raised.
An iron bar upon the door of truth
Was I before the coming of His heat.
My iron melted and dissolved within me.
Becoming Christ was all that I could do.
And I became a door and nothing closed me;
And I unbound all that I could undo.
Glory to Jesus, who our hearts hath lifted;
Glory to Him, who hath our sorrows born.
For knowledge unto us He hath gifted
That we are one with Him and with the Lord.
For knowledge unto us He hath gifted
That we are one with Him and with the Lord.
Lord, behold this generation!
Filled with falsehood, sick with sin.
Let Thy mercy not desert us
Who Thy word abide within.
In Thy will is all perfection,
Life and knowledge are Thy breath.
Keep us, Lord, from all transgression
With Thy Son, who conquers death.
Receive, O God, this day my heart;
Take it and grant it purity.
I from Thy way shall ne'er depart
But dwell in Thy security.
From leprosy He cleansed my soul
And banished fear and pain;
And with His saints I'll live for aye
When He shall come again.
He that is without corruption
Unto us corruption drew
That He might, by our destruction,
In His image us renew.
Seek perfection, walk in knowledge
For in you God's glory grows.
All who seek to gain that knowledge
Must believe in Him that rose.
Unto Him be all dominion,
Mystery in Whom is found;
He that ruined wise opinion
Did the whole vain world confound.
O who can write these mysteries?
And who can know to read them?
And who can train his soul for life,
Fight powers and defeat them?
To comprehend them is to lose
The self that is reflection
Of all that enigmatic grace
Of death and resurrection.
For us it shall suffice to know
That in us is His dwelling;
That in us is that Mystery
That never shall have telling.
And when the moment comes for grace
From our heart grace goes springing,
And inside that most sacred place
Within us, Christ is singing.
He set on me His holy sign
And filled me with His power
To cast the darkness from my heart,
To make its wastelands flower,
To overthrow the enemy,
To make the satan cower.
All praise to God for Christ, His Word,
And for His Spirit's power.
Sweeter than the sweetest honey
Cometh it from source unseen;
Springing up to life within us,
Loving, kindly and serene.
A generation gave Thee up,
O Thou, the spotless victim;
And in their wrath they crucified
The One who came to free them.
Their gall Thou bearest for their sake,
To keep the promise made them;
To bring Messiah through their seed
And through Messiah save them.
And He hath slain both sin and grave
For all who will obey Him
Who standeth ready, quick to save,
All them He calleth to Him.
O Adam's sons and daughters, come!
Forsake your old transgression!
Draw near to Me, and I will come
In mercy and compassion.
Hear Me for your salvation's sake,
And take My flesh into you
And I, your judge, shall pity take
And give My life unto you.
Where Beauty sheds transcendent light
The seeming of all below
Is seen as the shadow of heaven bright.
This Beauty we shall know.
Glory to Him that gives such grace,
Glory to Him that came.
Our glory, when we see His face,
Is that we shall be the same.
Be thou forever glorified
In all Thy creatures, Lord,
For all Thy blessing and Thy care
And Thy redeeming Word.
He hath called us as His people
And from bondage set us free.
Through the Aeons He remembered,
He who kept and still keeps me.
And His Word is with us always,
He who saved us on the Tree;
He whose Glory pre-existed
And shall always ever be.
By Him Sheol was made disrupt
And Death completely vanquished.
From sin and shame He did us raise,
Who in their thrall had languished.
O Son of God, deliver us
According to Thy kindness,
And bring us out from hell with Thee
From chains and dark and blindness!
Lord, place Thy faith within our hearts,
And evil from us sever;
And place Thy Name upon our heads,
And keep us with Thee ever!