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.