Scripture Verse

Whom having not seen, ye love. 1 Peter 1:8

Introduction

Words: Fran­ces R. Ha­ver­gal, 1870.

Music: Ew­ing Al­ex­an­der Ew­ing, 1853 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ew­ing (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Frances R. Havergal
(1836–1879)

Lyrics

O Sav­ior, pre­cious Sav­ior,
Whom yet un­seen we love!
O name of might and favor,
All oth­er names above!
We wor­ship Thee, we bless Thee,
To Thee, O Christ, we sing;
We praise Thee, and con­fess Thee
Our ho­ly Lord and king.

O bring­er of sal­va­tion,
Who won­drous­ly hast wrought,
Thyself the re­ve­la­tion
Of love be­yond our thought;
We wor­ship Thee, we bless Thee,
To Thee, O Christ, we sing;
We praise Thee, and con­fess Thee
Our gra­cious Lord and king.

In Thee all full­ness dwell­eth,
All grace and pow­er divine;
The glo­ry that ex­celleth,
O Son of God, is Thine;
We wor­ship Thee, we bless Thee,
To Thee, O Christ, we sing:
We praise Thee, and con­fess Thee
Our glo­ri­ous Lord and king.

O grant the con­sum­ma­tion
Of this our song above,
In end­less ado­ra­tion,
And ev­er­last­ing love!
Then shall we praise and bless Thee
Where perfect prais­es ring,
And ev­er­more con­fess Thee
Our Sav­ior and our king.