Remove my covering, Lord

Remove my covering

Lord

That I may see Thy light

And be deceived no more

But all things see aright.

Oh

may Thy living light

Lord

Scatter all my night

Lord

And everything make bright

Lord

For this I pray to Thee.

I hardly know myself;

Deceived so much by pride

I often think I’m right

And am self-satisfied.

I know Thee even less;

In doctrine

shallowly;

True revelation lack

Of Thy reality.

As for Thy life within

In darkness I mistake—

If spirit or the flesh

One for the other take.

As for Thy way

O Lord

I often am not clear;

I toward seclusion tend

And from the pathway veer.

As for Thy will for me

I do not know it well;

I substitute my own

And often would rebel.

As for the church

I need

Thy revelation more

The Body-life to know

Thy wisdom to explore.

I long to be unveiled

In everything made clear

No more to be deceived

Or to my pride adhere.