Thyself Thou dost from them conceal

Thyself Thou dost from them conceal
That seek thee not aright,
But sinners who their blindness feel
Thou wilt restore to sight;
Thou wilt the seeking mourner chear,
And give the weary rest:
And when Thou dost my Lord appear,
Thy presence makes the feast.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?’—[John 7,] v. 11." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 400.
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