377: O BLESSED living Lord

377: O BLESSED living Lord

by Miss Hannah Kilham Burlingham (1842-1901)

1 O BLESSED living Lord,
Engage our hearts with Thee,
And strike within the answering chord
To love so rich and free.

2 To know Thy loving heart,
And cleave to Thy blest side;
And gaze upon Thee where Thou art,
And in Thy love abide;

3 Be this our one desire;
Thyself our object here;
The goal to which our hearts aspire,
To meet Thee in the air.