Far Off, O God, and Yet Most Near

Far off

O God

and yet most near

Unseen

yet shin­ing clear in all

Thy pre­sence moves

Thy ways ap­pear

In sys­tem’s rise and spar­row’s fall.

Thy pur­pose through the ag­es ran

Thy Word Thy pro­phets bore abroad

Thy love be­came a Son of Man

To make men with Him sons of God.

Our eyes Thy love­li­ness dis­cern

Where na­ture weaves Thy won­drous dress

And in sweet hu­man lives we learn

The beau­ty of Thy ho­li­ness.

Our lives with­in Thy be­ing stand

Our scienc­es om­nis­ci­ence prove

Thy law is but Thy clasp­ing hand

Thine or­der is Thy per­fect love.