Religion

XI. MOSES'S View of the divine Glory.

by Philip Doddridge 1702–1751

From Hymns founded on various Texts in the Holy Scriptures (1755)

Religion

WITH humble Pleasure, Lord, we trace
The ancient Records of thy Grace;
And our own Consolation draw
From what thy Servant Moses saw.

May we behold thy Glory shine,
With gentle Beams of Love divine;
And hear thy secret Voice proclaim
The various Wonders of thy Name.

If feeble Nature faint t' endure
A Voice so sweet, a Ray so pure;
Its Dissolution would delight,
While Death would wear a Form so bright.

Death shall unvail that World above,
Where the dear Children of thy Love,
Attemper'd all to heavenly Day,
Bear, and reflect th' immediate Ray.

✦ ✦ ✦

Text: Exod. xxxiii. 18.

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