No Eye Has Seen

We come to worship at Immanuel's feet,

To seek his face and wonders meet!

Earth is too narrow to express

His glory, worth, or blessedness.

The whole creation can afford

But some faint shadows of my Lord;

Nature, to make his beauties known,

Must mingle colors not her own.

For no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

All the gifts God has prepared

Nor imagined in the heart of man

Gods grace to those who love him

O let me climb those higher skies,

Where storms and darkness never rise!

There he displays his power abroad,

And shines and reigns th' incarnate God.]

Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars,

Nor heav'n, his full resemblance bears;

His beauties we can never trace,

Till we behold him face to face.

Bridge:

Our hearts will fully be revealed

As we cling to him in whom we’re sealed

In his presence at his throne

When we shall know as we are known

Our devastated hearts are healed.

The saints below and saints above

Joined by his Spirit and his love.

Worship empowered by his grace

Eye to eye and face to face.

For no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

All the gifts God has prepared

Nor imagined in the heart of man

Gods grace to those who love him

Anthony Foster

After Isaac Watts

July 15, 2018