By A Collection of Hymns

      6-8s. Exodus xxxiii. 18 - 23.
      1 O GOD, my hope, my heavenly rest,
      My all of happiness below,
      Grant my importunate request,
      To me, to me, thy goodness show;
      Thy beatific face display,
      The brightness of eternal day.

      2 Before my faith's enlightened eyes
      Make all thy gracious goodness pass;
      Thy goodness is the sight I prize,
      O might I see thy smiling face!
      Thy nature in my soul proclaim,
      Reveal thy love, thy glorious name!

      3 There, in the place beside thy throne,
      Where all that find acceptance stand,
      Receive me up into thy Son;
      Cover me with thy mighty hand;
      Set me upon the rock, and hide
      My soul in Jesu's wounded side.

      4 O put me in the cleft; empower
      My soul the glorious sight to bear!
      Descend in this accepted hour,
      Pass by me, and thy name declare;
      Thy wrath withdraw, thy hand remove,
      And show thy self the God of love.