One Thing I Know

Verse 1

Dear Saviour, make we wise to see My sin, and guilt, and remedy; 'Tis said, of all thy blood has bought, "They shall of Israel's God be taught."

Verse 2

Their plague of heart thy people know; They know thy name and trust thee too; They know the Gospel's blissful sound, The paths where endless joys abound.

Verse 3

Thy know the Father and the Son, Theirs is eternal life begun; Unto salvation they are wise, Their grace shall into glory rise.

Verse 4

But— ignorance itself am I, Born blind— estrang'd from thee I lie; O Lord, to thee I humbly own I nothing know, as should be known.

Verse 5

I scarce know God, or Christ, or sin, My foes without, or plague within; Know not my interest, Lord, in thee, In pardon, peace, or liberty.

Verse 6

But help me to declare to-day, If many things I cannot say, "One thing I know," all praise to thee, "Tho' blind I was— yet now I see."