Christ My Song - 1304

Unknown by men, the Christian lives
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Unknown by men, the Christian lives.

"Therefore the world knoweth us not." (1 John 3,1)

1. Unknown by men, the Christian lives;
  enough, if he is known above,
by him who all his sin forgives,
  and loves him with a father's love. PDF - Midi

2. To know him, and be known again,
  is all he seeks; he asks no more;
and should he feel the scorn of men,
  'tis what his Master felt before.

3. The mark of universal scorn
  his Master stood, nor hid his face;
like one deserted and forlorn
  he seemed: by all accounted base.

4. The liker to their Master here,
  the more abundant joy they prove:
a joy, though not unmixed with fear,
  yet full of sweetness, full of love.

5. Then make us like thyself, O Lord;
  as thou wert, let thy people be:
we look above for our reward;
  we look to reign in heav'n with thee.

Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 706.

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