Lift up thy countenance serene,
And let thy happy child
Behold without a cloud between
The Godhead reconcil’d:
That all-comprizing peace bestow
On me thro’ grace forgiven,
The joys of holiness below,
And then the joys of heaven.
Lift up Thy countenance serene
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”—[Num.] vi. 26. 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 65.
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