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Text:Jesus, these eyes have never seen
Author:Rev. Ray Palmer
Tune:OSBORNE
Composer:Henry Carey (1692-1743_

319b. Jesus, these eyes have never seen

1 Jesus, these eyes have never seen
That radiant form of Thine;
The veil of sense hangs dark between
Thy blessed face and mine.

2 I see Thee not, I hear Thee not,
Yet art Thou oft with me;
And earth hath ne'er so dear a spot
As where I meet with Thee.

3 Yet though I have not seen, and still
Must rest in faith alone;
I love Thee, dearest Lord, and will,
Unseen, but not unknown.

4 When death these mortal eyes shall seal,
And still this throbbing heart,
The rending veil shall Thee reveal,
All glorious as Thou art.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, these eyes have never seen
Author: Rev. Ray Palmer (1858)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: The Life In Christ: The Inner Life; Inner Life, The
Tune Information
Name: OSBORNE
Composer: Henry Carey (1692-1743_
Meter: C. M.
Key: e minor
Copyright: From "The Enlarged Songs of Praise." Used by permission of the Oxford University Press.



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