Come, O Thou Traveler unknown

Come

O Thou Traveler unknown

Whom still I hold but cannot see;

My company before is gone

And I am left alone with Thee;

With Thee all night I mean to stay

And wrestle till the break of day.

I need not tell Thee who I am

My sin and misery declare;

Thyself hast called me by my name

Look on Thy hands

and read it there;

But who

I ask Thee

who art Thou?

Tell me Thy name

and tell me now.

In vain Thou strugglest to get free;

I never will unloose my hold;

Art Thou the Man that died for me?

The secret of Thy love unfold;

Wrestling

I will not let Thee go

Till I Thy name

Thy nature know.

Yield to me now

for I am weak

But confident in self-despair;

Speak to my heart

in blessings speak

Be conquered by my instant prayer;

Speak

or Thou never hence shalt move

And tell me if Thy name be Love.

’Tis Love! ’tis Love! Thou diedst for me

I hear Thy whisper in my heart;

The morning breaks

the shadows flee:

Pure

universal Love Thou art;

To me

to all Thy mercies move;

Thy nature and Thy name is Love.

Lame as I am

I take the prey;

Hell

earth and sin

with ease o’ercome.

I leap for joy

pursue my way

And

as a bounding hart

I run

Through all eternity to prove

Thy nature and Thy name is Love.