Within the Father’s House

Within the Fa­ther’s house

The Son hath found His home;

And to His tem­ple sud­den­ly

The Lord of Life hath come.

The doc­tors of the law

Gaze on the won­drous child

And mar­vel at His gra­cious words

Of wis­dom un­de­filed.

Yet not to them is giv’n

The migh­ty truth to know

To lift the flesh­ly veil which hides

Incarnate God be­low.

The sec­ret of the Lord

Escapes each hu­man eye

And faith­ful pon­der­ing hearts await

The full epi­pha­ny.

Lord

vis­it Thou our souls

And teach us by Thy grace

Each dim re­veal­ing of Thy­self

With lov­ing awe to trace;

Till from our dark­ened sight

The cloud shall pass away

And on the cleans­èd soul shall burst

The ev­er­last­ing day.

Till we be­hold Thy face

And know

as we are known

Thee

Fa­ther

Son

and Ho­ly Ghost

Co-equal Three in One.