The gospel mystery

Verse 1
The gospel-mystery
To ages past unknown,
Is manifest, O Christ, with Thee
Inhabiting thine own:
What tongue can ne’er express,
The joy of saints Thou art,
The taste of glorious happiness
In every faithful heart.

Verse 2
To this poor heart of mine,
Jesus, thyself reveal,
The earnest sure of joys divine,
And my salvation’s seal:
I only live for this,
To know thy pardning grace,
Anticipate that heavenly bliss,
And die in thy embrace.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’—[Col.] 1:27.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” 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 1977/576, 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 85.
Publishing: Public Domain