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Hymn

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

FOUNDATION · 11.11.11.11 · words Walter Chalmers Smith · music Joseph Funk

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Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise us er great lent on to of and as ly O pure to and ble, help Fath both si God see light, small; light, wise, rest mor all, der; laud Fath 1. Im Un 5. All 4. Great 3. To 2. ren glo giv hast vis ry, est, ing, i we er life ing, tal, would in un Thou of hid ing life est from eth their of in our of all the Thou ble light veil true rul hid Thee, sight; all; might; eyes, light want on an all 'Tis Thine In Nor In splen dore liv wast ces dor Thee, est, ing, si ly Thou nor ac ing, life gels a the in cient y, Lord, on ing im im the a of soar An leaves al this as high the might grace, part, part tree, bove Days, so of blos just bless ice, ed, And But We Thy Most glo grac flour moun glor es ry, Thy ish tains, ious, like most and let som Thy rich to from chang ness Name the our eth and we vile naught good great of Christ Thy the but Thy heart. heart. Thee. love. praise. Christ the with clouds, might y, Al Through Take And Thy stor our foun tor tains y, face, ish per ious, from and are vic in veil er which His Walter Chalmers Smith, 1876 FOUNDATION 11.11.11.11 Joseph Funk, 1832

1.Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great Name we praise.

2.Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice, like mountains, high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

3.To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish but naught changeth Thee.

4.Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
But of Thy rich graces this grace, Lord, impart
Take the veil from our face, the vile from our heart.

5.All laud we would render; O help us to see
'Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee,
And so let Thy glory, almighty, impart,
Through Christ in His story, Thy Christ to the heart.

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