Thee, Son of the Most-High

Verse 1
Thee, Son of the Most-high,
Jesus we glorify,
In thy Father’s bosom laid,
Thou dost all his secrets know,
Partner of our nature made
Dost declare his name below.

Verse 2
With eyes of faith we see
Th’ Invisible in Thee,
When thou dost thy Sire reveal,
Then I know thee who thou art,
Find the great Unsearchable,
God residing in my heart.

Verse 3
Thou dost the Spirit confer,
The heavenly Comforter:
Thus the tri-une God of love
God of glory we receive,
Antedate the joys above,
Here the life eternal live.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.’—[John 1,] v. 18." 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 323.
Publishing: Public Domain