O that I were as in the days

Verse 1
O that I were as in the days
When first inlighten’d from above
I felt the tokens of his grace,
And triumph’d in my Saviour’s love!
Kept by omnipotence divine,
His heavenly comforts I receiv’d,
I saw his glorious presence shine,
I saw his smiling face, and liv’d.

Verse 2
Led by his light, I dar’d pursue
My way thro’ hidden snares unknown;
The secret of the Lord I knew,
And dwelt secure with God alone;
I rang’d throughout the happy land,
Where streams of milk and honey flow’d:
Rivers of oil at his command
Pour’d from the Rock; and all was God!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me, &c.”—[Job] xxix. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 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 260.
Publishing: Public Domain