O that I could, in ev­ery place,
By faith be­hold Je­ho­vah’s face,
My strict ob­serv­er see;
Present, my heart and reins to try
And feel the in­flu­ence of His eye
For ev­er fixed on me!

Discerning Thee, my Sav­ior, stand
My ad­vo­cate at God’s right hand,
I ne­ver shall re­move;
I can­not fall, up­held by Thee,
Or sin against the ma­jes­ty
Of om­ni­pre­sent Love.

Now, Sav­ior, now ap­pear, ap­pear,
And let me al­ways see Thee near,
And know as I am known:
My spir­it to Thy­self unite,
And bear me through a sea of light
To that eter­nal throne.