Above: One of My Crucifixes, July 15, 2015
Image Source = Kenneth Randolph Taylor
Words (published in 1773) by John Byrom (1692-1763)
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The Church Hymnary–Revised Edition (1927) contains this part of the text:
My spirit longs for Thee
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
Of so Divine a Guest.
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Of so Divine a Guest
Unworthy though I be,
Yet has my heart no rest,
Unless it come from Thee.
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Unless it come from Thee,
In vain I look around;
In all that I can see
No rest is to be found.
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No rest is to be found
But in Thy blessed love:
O let my with be crowned,
And send it from above!
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The Handbook to the Church Hymnary–Revised Edition (1927) contains the reply, which Byrom wrote in the voice of Jesus:
Cheer up, desponding soul,
Thy longing pleased I see;
‘Tis part of that great whole,
Wherewith I longed for Thee:
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Wherewith I longed for Thee,
And left my Father’s throne;
From death to set thee free,
To claim thee for my own:
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To claim thee for my own,
I suffered on the Cross:
Oh were my love but known ,
No soul could fear its loss:
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No soul could fear its loss,
But filled with love divine,
Would die on its own cross,
And rise for ever mine.
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