Matthew 16:17: We cannot know the' eternal Son

We cannot know the' eternal Son
By all our reasoning powers.
Till God vouchsafes to make Him known,
And shows that Christ is ours -:
The Father must the Son reveal
As bleeding on the tree,
And give my sprinkled heart to feel.
My God — He dies for me!

If now I know the Crucified,
Thy Spirit still bestow,
So shall I in the faith abide.
And in the knowledge grow:
And when Thou fill'st the measure up,
Father, my soul remove.
And swallow up my flxith and hope
In beatific love.