Dearest Jesus though unseen

Verse 1

Dearest Jesus though unseen, My believing heart must love thee; Poor despised Nazarene: A true and constant friend I prove thee, Sinking in thy balmy name, O how I love my dearest Lamb.

Verse 2

Night and day I vent my sign, Languishing to see my Savior, With warm heart and wondering eye, I view my dying Lord for ever, here I always would abide, O this I choose and naught beside.

Verse 3

Like the widowed turtle dove, I, dear lovely Lamb, mourn for thee Pants my soul thy love to prove, Crying O my God restore me To thy presence sweet and fair, O how I long to meet thee there.

Verse 4

Every moment seems an age, Till thy presence shall relieve me, Till thy grace my woes assuage, And thy absence no more grieve me: Welcome, welcome, bleeding Lamb, O how thy presence feeds the flame.

Verse 5

O'er the hills I see him come, Quick as darts the piercing lightning, Scattered o'er the horrid gloom: All thy joys are quick and brightening. Welcome, welcome, bleeding Lamb, O how I love thy dearest name.