Is Thy Heart Athirst to Know?
VERSE 1
Is thy
heart athirst to know
That the
King of Heav’n and earth
Deigns
to dwell with man below,
Yea,
hath stoop’d to mortal birth?
Search
the Word with ceaseless care
Till
thou find this treasure there.
VERSE 2
With the
sages from afar
Journey
on o’er sea and land,
Till
thou see the Morning Star
O’er thy
heart unchanging stand,
Then
shalt thou behold His face
Full of
mercy, truth, and grace.
VERSE 3
For if
Christ be born within,
Soon
that likeness shall appear
Which
the heart had lost through sin,
God’s
own image fair and clear,
And the
soul serene and bright
Mirrors
back His heavenly light.
VERSE 4
Jesus,
let me seek for nought
But that
Thou shouldst dwell in me
Let this
only fill my thought,
How I
may grow more like Thee,
Through
this earthly care and strife,
Through
the calm eternal life.
VERSE 5
With the
wise who know Thee right,
Though
the world accounts them fools,
I will
praise Thee day and night;
I will
order by Thy rules
All my
life, that it may be
Filled
with praise and love of Thee.
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