Is Thy Heart Athirst to Know?

Is thy heart athirst to know

That the King of Heav’n and earth

Deigns to dwell with man be­low

Yea

hath stooped to mor­tal birth?

Search the Word with cease­less care

Till thou find this trea­sure there.

With the sag­es from afar

Journey on o’er sea and land

Till thou see the Morn­ing Star

O’er thy heart un­chang­ing stand

Then shalt thou be­hold His face

Full of mer­cy

truth

and grace.

For if Christ be born with­in

Soon that like­ness shall ap­pear

Which the heart had lost through sin

God’s own im­age fair and clear

And the soul se­rene and bright

Mirrors back His heav’n­ly light.

Jesus

let me seek for naught

But that Thou shouldst dwell in me

Let this on­ly fill my thought

How I may grow more like Thee

Through this earth­ly care and strife

Through the calm eter­nal life.

With the wise who know Thee right

Though the world ac­counts them fools

I will praise Thee day and night;

I will or­der by Thy rules

All my life

that it may be

Filled with praise and love of Thee.