We grosly misconceive
The oracles Divine,
Till Thou an understanding give,
And in our darkness shine,
The gospel faith bestow
Which doth thy face display,
And then, dear Lord, in Thee we know
The Life, the Truth, the Way.
We grossly misconceive
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?’—[John 14,] v. 5." 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 5.
Publishing: Public Domain