…Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
1 Peter 1:8
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Spiritual Songs, Being One Hyndred Hymns Not to Be Found in the Hymn Books Commonly Used, edited by J. C. Pyle (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1858), alt.
Music: Adowa Charles H. Gabriel, 1912 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Jesus, I love Thee! Thou dost know
How true my love, how deep my woe;
Almost too deep to bear!
But Thou wilt guide me by Thy hand,
Strong in Thy strength I yet may stand,
Still resting in Thy care.
Thou wilt not leave the weakest one;
Though every outward hope be gone,
I know that Thou art nigh;
Man knows not what my sufferings are,
He cannot know; he would not care;
But Thou art sympathy.
Thou wilt not let my footsteps fail,
Nor let me, journeying through this vale,
Bring on Thy Gospel shame;
Though naught is mine but sin and woe,
Yet in Thy righteousness I go,
And triumph in Thy name.
And when the bitter cup is past,
And when I sink in death at last,
It is to be with Thee;
To come with Thee in clouds of heaven,
Pure, holy, ransomed,Thine, forgiv’n,
Ever to reign with Thee.