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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?
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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.
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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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Another Comforter
The Promise of the Comforter
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On the last night of His three-and-a-half-year ministry, the Lord Jesus had a long discourse with His disciples, which is recorded in John 14—16 . This section was a word of farewell from the Lord Jesus to His disciples on the night of His betrayal. In this parting word He first said that He is the expression of the Father; when people see Him, they see the Father. He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him, and He and the Father are one (14:9-10). Then in verses 16 and 17 He said, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever, even the Spirit of reality. ” Nearly every Christian knows that what the Lord Jesus spoke of here was the promise to give us a Comforter, but they do not understand how the Father gave us the Comforter.
Another Comforter, the Son Who Would Be in Them
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The Lord went on to say that this Comforter, the Spirit of reality, would abide with the disciples and would be in them (v. 17). The Lord had been with the disciples for three and a half years, they truly enjoyed His presence, and He was their Comforter, but now He was going to leave them. When they heard this, they were very sorrowful. Therefore, the Lord wanted them to know that at that time He could only be with them outwardly, but He could not enter into them. Although the Lord in the flesh could be with the disciples and could walk, stay, and abide with them, He was not satisfied with this. He desired to enter into the believers so that He might live in them as their life. Moreover, He wanted to be their bread of life and life supply. In other words, He wanted to be the “another Comforter. ” Therefore, the “another Comforter” was Christ entering into them to be their life and life supply. Since He was to be life to them, He could not be merely outside of them but had to be inside of them. Since He was to be their bread of life and life supply, He had to be received into them so that He might minister to them. Hence, although the disciples were delighted with the Lord’s outward presence, that was not good enough; the Lord aspired to enter into them.
The Four Crucial Elements of the Bible—Christ, the Spirit, Life, and the Church
Chapter 5 The Spirit—the Holy Spirit
CWWL, 1984, (LSM)
United States
We want to see the Reality of the Body of Christ
United States
Love the tune, really brings out the riches of the lyrics
United States
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!