CGS Number
693
CGS Lyrics

Verse 1


We saw Thee not when Thou didst come


To this poor world of sin and death;


Nor e'er beheld Thy cottage home,


In that despised Nazareth;


But we believe Thy footsteps trod


Its streets and plains, Thou Son of God.



Verse 2


We did not see Thee lifted high,


Amid that wild and savage crew;


Nor heard Thy meek, imploring cry,


Forgive, they know not what they do!


Yet we believe the deed was done,


Which shook the earth and veiled the sun.



Verse 3


We stood not by the empty tomb,


Where late Thy sacred body lay;


Nor sat within that upper room,


Nor met Thee in the open way.


But we believe that angels said:


Why seek the living with the dead?



Verse 4


We did not mark the chosen few,


When Thou didst through the clouds ascend,


First lift to heaven their wondering view,


Then to the earth all prostrate bend;


Yet we believe that mortal eyes


Beheld that journey to the skies.

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