Christ My Song - 692

Oh, bright and blessed hope! - Fulness of joy
(John Nelson Darby/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Fulness of joy.

(1879)

1. Oh, bright and blessed hope!
  when shall it be
that we his face, long loved,
  revealed shall see? (PDF - Midi)

2. Oh! when, without a cloud,
  his features trace,
whose faithful love so long
  we've known in grace;

3. that love itself enjoy,
  which, ever true,
did in our feeble path
  its work pursue?

4. O Jesus, not unknown,
  thy love shall fill
the heart in which thou dwell'st,
  and shalt dwell still.

5. Still, Lord, to see thy face,
  thy voice to hear;
to know thy present love
  for ever near;

6. to gaze upon thyself,
  so faithful known,
long proved in secret help
  with thee alone;

7. to see that love, content,
  on me flow forth,
for ever thy delight,
  clothed with thy worth!

8. O Lord, 'twas sweet the thought
  that thou wast mine;
but brighter still the joy
  that I am thine!

9. Thine own, O Lord, the fruit,
  the cherished fruit,
of thine all perfect love!
  No passing root

10. of evil e'er will dim
  thy cloudless rays;
but a full heart pour forth
  thine endless praise!

11. Nor what is next thy heart
  can we forget –
thy saints, O Lord, with thee
  in glory met,

12. (perfect in comeliness
  before thy face –
th'eternal witness all
  of thine own grace),

13. together then their songs
  of endless praise,
with one harmonious voice,
  in joy shall raise!

14. O joy supreme and full,
  where sunless day
sheds forth, with light divine,
  its cloudless ray!

John Nelson Darby, Spiritual Songs, 52-54.

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