How beautiful the wondrous plan
Of God in Christ, and Christ in man;
Which helps prophetic souls to trace
Bright heaven beneath the human face.
'Tis true, He shines in brook and tree;
But brighter shines, oh man, in thee.
Oh, dim not with the shades of sin,
The glory which should gleam within.
In thee doth Jesus walk the earth;
In thee He speaks of heavenly birth;
In thee instructs, in thee rebukes,
With wisdom not in earthly books.
Look not to heaven's celestial dome;
In holy hearts He makes His home;
And let it be thy thought and care,
To seek, and find, and know Him there.
Of God in Christ, and Christ in man;
Which helps prophetic souls to trace
Bright heaven beneath the human face.
'Tis true, He shines in brook and tree;
But brighter shines, oh man, in thee.
Oh, dim not with the shades of sin,
The glory which should gleam within.
In thee doth Jesus walk the earth;
In thee He speaks of heavenly birth;
In thee instructs, in thee rebukes,
With wisdom not in earthly books.
Look not to heaven's celestial dome;
In holy hearts He makes His home;
And let it be thy thought and care,
To seek, and find, and know Him there.
— Christ in the Soul (1872) XLVI.
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