Hymns, #556

Experience of Christ - Fellowship with Him

Eng/Kor:556  Chin:408  Span:260  Rus:366  Tag:556  Fra:-  Por:283

Lyrics:Witness Lee
Music:H. J. E. Holmes
Meter:10.10.10.10.

Hymn using same tune: #863

 

*henna: an Old World plant, prized for its fragrant yellow and white flowers. (Song of Songs 1:!4)

 
 1 

Thy name is sweet as ointment pourèd forth;

Better Thy love than wine, O draw Thou me!

If we the footsteps follow of the flock,

Entered Thy fellowship of love we'll be.

 
 2 

He's my Beloved, I am His own love;

He draweth me, pursue I after Him.

Fragrant as myrrh, I'd hide Him in my heart;

Beauteous as henna*, I'd be clothed with Him;

 
 3 

Bathe in His love, and of His fatness taste,

Lie on His breast, His sweetness there enjoy;

His love the banner, His affection shown

Tenderly soothes my heart to purest joy.

 
 4 

Oh, my Beloved's mine, and I am His;

I am a lily and my Shepherd He;

May daybreak come, the shadows flee away,

Him on the mountains as a hart I'd see.

 
 5 

Myrrh of the death with Him and frankincense,

The resurrection, permeate my heart;

North wind awake, and let the south wind blow,

Make my heart's garden pleasure to His heart.

 
 6 

I'd be to Him a dove that's undefiled,

As a pure lily in His presence be,

His, wholly His, the joy of all His joys,

He wholly mine, the Song of songs to me.

 
 7 

Fair as the moon, conformed to Him I'd be,

Clear as the sun, unto His stature grown;

For my Beloved, all to please His heart,

For my Beloved, that His life be shown.

 
 8 

Thou art my life, and I Thine image real;

Love in such union is as death most strong,

Ne'er can it be destroyed or e'er replaced

Till Thou on spices mountains come ere long.

 
Hymn #556