Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown
VERSE 1
Holy
Father, in Thy mercy,
Come, O
thou Traveler unknown,
Whom
still I hold, but cannot see!
My
company before is gone,
And I am
left alone with Thee;
With
Thee all night I mean to stay,
And
wrestle till the break of day.
VERSE 2
I need
not tell Thee who I am,
My
misery and sin declare;
Thyself
hast called me by my name,
Look on
Thy hands, and read it there;
But who,
I ask Thee, who art Thou?
Tell me
Thy name, and tell me now.
VERSE 3
In vain
Thou strugglest to get free,
I never
will unloose my hold!
Art Thou
the Man that died for me?
The
secret of Thy love unfold;
Wrestling,
I will not let Thee go,
Till I
Thy name, Thy nature know.
VERSE 4
Wilt
Thou not yet to me reveal
Thy new,
unutterable Name?
Tell me,
I still beseech Thee, tell;
To know
it now resolved I am;
Wrestling,
I will not let Thee go,
Till I
Thy Name, Thy nature know.
VERSE 5
’Tis all
in vain to hold Thy tongue
Or touch
the hollow of my thigh;
Though
every sinew be unstrung,
Out of
my arms Thou shalt not fly;
Wrestling
I will not let Thee go
Till I
Thy name, Thy nature know.
VERSE 6
What
though my shrinking flesh complain,
And murmur
to contend so long?
I rise
superior to my pain,
When I
am weak, then I am strong
And when
my all of strength shall fail,
I shall
with the God-man prevail.
VERSE 7
My
strength is gone, my nature dies,
I sink
beneath Thy weighty hand,
Faint to
revive, and fall to rise;
I fall,
and yet by faith I stand;
I stand
and will not let Thee go
Till I
Thy Name, Thy nature know.
VERSE 8
Yield to
me now, for I am weak,
But
confident in self-despair;
Speak to
my heart, in blessings speak,
Be
conquered by my instant prayer;
Speak,
or Thou never hence shalt move,
And tell
me if Thy Name is Love.
VERSE 9
’Tis
Love! ’tis Love! Thou diedst for me!
I hear
Thy whisper in my heart;
The
morning breaks, the shadows flee,
Pure,
universal love Thou art;
To me,
to all, Thy bowels move;
Thy nature
and Thy Name is Love.
VERSE 10
My
prayer hath power with God; the grace
Unspeakable
I now receive;
Through
faith I see Thee face to face,
I see
Thee face to face, and live!
In vain
I have not wept and strove;
Thy
nature and Thy Name is Love.
VERSE 11
I know
Thee, Savior, who Thou art.
Jesus,
the feeble sinner’s friend;
Nor wilt
Thou with the night depart.
But stay
and love me to the end,
Thy
mercies never shall remove;
Thy
nature and Thy Name is Love.
VERSE 12
The Sun
of righteousness on me
Hath
rose with healing in His wings,
Withered
my nature’s strength; from Thee
My soul
its life and succor brings;
My help
is all laid up above;
Thy
nature and Thy Name is Love.
VERSE 13
Contented
now upon my thigh
I halt,
till life’s short journey end;
All
helplessness, all weakness I
On Thee
alone for strength depend;
Nor have
I power from Thee to move:
Thy
nature, and Thy name is Love.
VERSE 14
Lame as
I am, I take the prey,
Hell,
earth, and sin, with ease o’ercome;
I leap
for joy, pursue my way,
And as a
bounding hart fly home,
Through
all eternity to prove
Thy
nature and Thy Name is Love.
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