Great God, to me the sight afford
To him of old allow’d,
And let my faith behold its Lord
Descending in the cloud:
In that revealing Spirit come down,
Thine attributes proclaim,
And to mine inmost soul make known
The glories of thy name.
Great God, to me the sight afford
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The Lord descended in the cloud, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.”—[Exod.] xxxiv. 5. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 54.
Publishing: Public Domain