O Thou whom fain my soul would love

Verse 1
O thou, whom fain my soul would love,
Whom I would gladly die to know,
This veil of unbelief remove,
And shew me, all thy goodness shew:
Jesu, thyself in me reveal,
Tell me thy name, thy nature tell.

Verse 2
Hast thou been with me, Lord, so long,
Yet thee my Lord, have I not known?
I claim thee with a fault’ring tongue,
I pray thee in a feeble groan.
Tell me, O tell me who thou art,
And speak thy name into my heart.

Verse 3
If now thou talkest by the way
With such an abject worm as me,
Thy mysteries of grace display,
Open mine eyes that I may see,
That I may understand thy word,
And now cry out, It is the Lord!

Verse 4
I know him by those prints of love,
His bleeding wounds are open wide,
Thro’ faith I handle him, and prove,
I thrust my hand into his side,
I feel the sprinkling of his blood—
Jesu, thou art my Lord my God!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "“My Lord and my God.”." Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1742). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 2 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 166.
Publishing: Public Domain