RCCG Hymn 53
If I but Knew Thee as Thou Art
"These things have I written unto you ... that ye may know" - 1 Jn 5:13
1
If I but knew Thee as Thou art, O loveliness unknown, With what desire, O Lord, my heart Would claim Thee for its own.
2
Thy glory would my shame conceal, Thy purity my dross: I should rejoice with Thee to feel The sorrow of the cross.
3
But I am dull and blind, O Lord, Unapt of Thee to learn; Thee I but dimly in Thy word, As in a glass, discern.
4
With faith's warm finger, through the veil, I seek to touch Thy hand: I feel the imprint of the nail And partly understand.
5
But, ah, my lonely spirit tires Of knowing Thee in part. O Jesus, how my soul desires To see Thee as Thou art!
From The Redeemed Hymnal (4th edition) of The Redeemed Christian Church of God.