1
Oh, Jesus, Lord, when Thou on earth
Accompanied Thy faithful band,
It seemed they knew, but knew Thee not,
Thyself they did not understand.
Accompanied Thy faithful band,
It seemed they knew, but knew Thee not,
Thyself they did not understand.
2
They heard Thy voice, beheld Thy form,
Thy beauteous stature unforgot;
They crowded ’round Thee, met Thy gaze,
But who Thou art, they knew it not.
Thy beauteous stature unforgot;
They crowded ’round Thee, met Thy gaze,
But who Thou art, they knew it not.
3
As they of old we too are veiled;
We’ve known Thee long apparently;
Yet if we say we know, at best
We know Thee not transparently.
We’ve known Thee long apparently;
Yet if we say we know, at best
We know Thee not transparently.
4
But as the Spirit now Thou art,
Another Comforter become;
Reveal Thyself within my heart,
Since to Thy temple Thou hast come.
Another Comforter become;
Reveal Thyself within my heart,
Since to Thy temple Thou hast come.
5
With Thy blest Spirit, Lord, fill me,
Fill every corner of my soul;
May Thou inspire my every part,
Oh may Thou touch, renew the whole.
Fill every corner of my soul;
May Thou inspire my every part,
Oh may Thou touch, renew the whole.
6
The Spirit then revealing make
Thyself more real within my heart,
That ear not hear, nor eye may see
How very real to me Thou art.
Thyself more real within my heart,
That ear not hear, nor eye may see
How very real to me Thou art.
7
When Thou in mercy dost reveal
And give Thyself as Spirit thus,
What in the world can be more real,
More true than what Thou art to us?
And give Thyself as Spirit thus,
What in the world can be more real,
More true than what Thou art to us?
8
Thy Spirit, Lord, in mine, I pray,
O’erflow my being as a flood,
That every part with glory shine
And everywhere be Thee and God.
O’erflow my being as a flood,
That every part with glory shine
And everywhere be Thee and God.
9
How close we are in such a life,
In one is blended earth with heav’n;
Thy presence sweetly fills our souls;
Our hearts are to Thy praises giv’n.
In one is blended earth with heav’n;
Thy presence sweetly fills our souls;
Our hearts are to Thy praises giv’n.
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As the Spirit now He is the heavenly ladder, in one is "blended earth with heav'n". How sweet our Lord is, filling even our souls.
Jerusalem, Israel
I really love this hymn. It's so touching.
Hamilton, New Zealand
This hymn was written by Watchman Nee and was released on the special conference in Hong Kong in 1954.
In John 14:7, the Lord said to the disciples, "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and henceforth you know Him and have seen HIm."
So He revealed that He is the embodiment of the Father and that He is the Father in another from being expressed. But the discipels did not, could not realized this, beucase the Spirit of reality didn't come into them yet. So Philip answered in the next verse, "Lord, show us the Father and it is sufficient for us."
So the disciples were with the Lord Jesus for the 3 and a half years and they were very much attracted by Him, accompanying Him always. But they still did not know who is the Lord Jesus.
But stanza 4 of the hymn says, "But as the Spirit now Thor art, Another Comforter become; Reveal Thyself within my heart, Since to Thy temple Thou hast come." So it shows now to us, the Spirit, the compound Spirit, the Spirit of reality has come. So this Spirit leads us to all reality and by the Spirit, we know Him, the Triune God.
We were not there with the Lord Jesus in HIs human living as disciples but actually we are closer with the Lord than them, becuase He now lives in us as the inward reality, another Comforter. So the last stanza says, "How close we are in such a life, In one is blenede earth with heav'n; Thy presence sweetly fills our sould; Our hearts are to Thy praises giv'n!