By A Collection of Hymns

      8s & 6s.
      1 THOU great mysterious God unknown,
      Whose love hath gently led me on,
      Even 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 followed with a heart sincere
      Thy drawings from above,
      Now, now the further 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 forgiven;
      I would not, Lord, my soul deceive,
      Without the inward witness live,
      That antepast of heaven.

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

      5 Whate'er obstructs thy pardoning 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.

      6 Father, in me reveal thy Son,
      And to my inmost soul make known
      How merciful thou art:
      The secret of thy love reveal,
      And by thine hallowing Spirit dwell
      For ever in my heart!