1
We treasure Thee, Lord Jesus,
As God’s reality.
Whate’er our God possesses
Is surely found in Thee.
His very life and essence
Within Thy Being dwells.
His glory and expression
Thy Person fully tells.
AWe
treasure Thee, Lord
C♯
Jesus,
Is
D
surely
Bm
found
in
E
Thee.
His
D
very
life and
E
essence
Thy
Bm
Person
E7
fully
A
tells.
2
Oh! Vast Unmeasured Portion,
Oh! Bountiful Supply,
In light the saints enjoy Thee,
And Thou dost reign thereby.
Within the Father’s bosom
Beloved Son Thou art;
The sweetness of the Godhead
To us Thou dost impart.
Oh! Vast Unmeasured Portion,
Oh! Bountiful Supply,
In light the saints enjoy Thee,
And Thou dost reign thereby.
Within the Father's bosom
Beloved Son Thou art;
The sweetness of the Godhead
To us Thou dost impart.
AOh!
Vast Unmeasured
C♯
Portion,
Oh!
F♯m
Bountiful
A7
Supply,
In
D
light
the saints
E
enjoy
Thee,And
D
Thou
dost
Bm
reign
E
thereby.
DWithin
the Father's
E
bosom
C♯7
Beloved
Son Thou
F♯m
art;
The
D
sweetness
of the
E
Godhead
To
Bm
us
Thou
E7
dost
A
impart.
3
Most Excellent of mankind,
Creation’s firstborn One!
God saw Thee and foreknew Thee,
The first created One.
Yet, twice to Thee ’tis given,
Yea, born and born again,
A man in resurrection,
The firstborn from the dead.
Most Excellent of mankind,
Creation's firstborn One!
God saw Thee and foreknew Thee,
The first created One.
Yet, twice to Thee ’tis given,
Yea, born and born again,
A man in resurrection,
The firstborn from the dead.
AMost
Excellent of
C♯
mankind,
F♯mCreation's
firstborn
A7
One!
God
D
saw
Thee and
E
foreknew
Thee,The
D
first
Bm
created
E
One.
Yet,
D
twice
to Thee ’tis
E
given,
Yea,
C♯7
born
and born
F♯m
again,
A
D
man
in
E
resurrection,
The
Bm
firstborn
E7
from
the
A
dead.
4
The universal Fullness
So pleased resides in Thee.
Within Thee dwells the Godhead,
And Thou, Lord, dwell in me!
Preeminent, transcendent,
Unique in all Thou art,
O’erflowing all the heavens,
Thou now dost fill my heart!
The universal Fullness
So pleased resides in Thee.
Within Thee dwells the Godhead,
And Thou, Lord, dwell in me!
Preeminent, transcendent,
Unique in all Thou art,
O'erflowing all the heavens,
Thou now dost fill my heart!
AThe
universal
C♯
Fullness
So
F♯m
pleased
resides in
A7
Thee.
DWithin
Thee dwells the
E
Godhead,
And
D
Thou,
Lord,
Bm
dwell
in
E
me!
DPreeminent,
E
transcendent,
C♯7
Unique
in all Thou
F♯m
art,
DO'erflowing
all the
E
heavens,
Thou
Bm
now
dost
E7
fill
my
A
heart!
5
Thou art the hope of glory,
Thou art the mystery,
The center and the focus
Of God’s economy;
The secret of the ages,
Veiled from eternity,
The hidden dispensation,
The Triune God in me!
Thou art the hope of glory,
Thou art the mystery,
The center and the focus
Of God's economy;
The secret of the ages,
Veiled from eternity,
The hidden dispensation,
The Triune God in me!
AThou
art the hope of
C♯
glory,
Thou
F♯m
art
the
A7
mystery,
The
D
center
and the
E
focus
The
D
secret
of the
E
ages,
Veiled
C♯7
from
F♯m
eternity,
The
D
hidden
E
dispensation,
The
Bm
Triune
E7
God
in
A
me!
6
In all things Thou art foremost,
In everything the best,
In quality the finest,
In quantity boundless.
Superlative in nature,
In form resplendent Thou,
Surpassing e’en the highest,
The peerless One art Thou.
In all things Thou art foremost,
In everything the best,
In quality the finest,
In quantity boundless.
Superlative in nature,
In form resplendent Thou,
Surpassing e'en the highest,
The peerless One art Thou.
AIn
all things Thou art
C♯
foremost,
In
F♯m
everything
the
A7
best,
In
D
quality
the
E
finest,
In
D Bm
quantity
E
boundless.
DSuperlative
in
E
nature,
In
C♯7
form
resplendent
F♯m
Thou,
DSurpassing
e'en the
E
highest,
The
Bm
peerless
E7
One
art
A
Thou.
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