No Distant Lord Have I

No dist­ant Lord have I

Loving afar to be;

Made flesh for me

He can­not rest

Until He rests in me.

Brother in joy and pain

Bone of my bone was He;

Now—in­ti­ma­cy clos­er still

He dwells Him­self in me.

I need not jour­ney far

This dear­est Friend to see;

Companionship is al­ways mine;

He makes His home with me.

I en­vy not the twelve

Nearer to me is He;

The life He once lived here on earth

He lives again in me.

Ascended now to God

My wit­ness there to be

His wit­ness here am I

be­cause

His Spir­it dwells in me.

O glo­ri­ous Son of God

Incarnate De­ity

I shall for­ev­er be with Thee

Because Thou art with me.