By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M.
      1 God is in this and every place;
      But O how dark and void
      To me! 'tis one great wilderness,
      This earth without my God.

      2 Empty of him who all things fills,
      Till he his light impart,
      Till he his glorious self reveals,
      The veil is on my heart.

      3 O thou who seest and know'st my grief,
      Thyself unseen, unknown!
      Pity my helpless unbelief,
      And take away the stone.

      4 Regard me with a gracious eye,
      The long-sought blessing give;
      And bid me, at the point to die,
      Behold thy face and live.

      5 Now, Jesus, now, the Father's love
      Shed in my heart abroad;
      The middle wall of sin remove,
      And let me into God.