Dear Lord, Thou art the Word of God

Dear Lord

Thou art the Word of God

Thou art God’s very Son;

Thou art His holy image true

And with Him ever one.

Thou art Thyself the very God

Thou dost embody Him;

In Thee is manifested God

And we see God therein.

Effulgence of God’s glory

Thou

By Thee God shines on us;

Expression of His substance

Thou

In Thee He’s real to us.

In Thee God is the life to us

In Thee He is the light;

In Thee His nature we partake

And with Him we unite.

In Thee the grace of God subsists

God we enjoy in Thee;

His truth in Thee is also found

His full reality.

In Thee God’s fulness we receive

Which fills from grace to grace;

In Thee with God we’re mingled here

Till one in every phase.

O Lord our God

we worship Thee

In Thee we have our all;

Thyself we treasure in our heart

Thy Name we love to call.