Hymns, #1201

Experience of God - As the Wind, Cloud, Fire, and Electrum

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Meter:8.7.8.7.D.

Hymn using same tune: #325

 

Ezekiel 1:4-10

 
 1 

From the north where God is dwelling

Comes a rushing, stormy gale.

Now the mighty Spirit blowing

All our being does assail.

We are stirred to our foundations —

How this wind awakens us!

Thus we're open for God's dealings,

And the cloud descends on us.

 
 2 

With the cloud we have His presence

Sweetly hov'ring over us;

So enveloped by His nearness;

In the Lord we put our trust.

But the cloud brings with it fire

To consume our selfish lusts;

That as ashes something higher

May be added into us.

 
 3 

Then from out the flashing fire

Comes th' electrum glowing bright.

God as gold and man as silver

Now are mingled. What a sight!

This bright metal, O Lord Jesus,

Is Thyself, Lamb-God sublime.

O Lord, work Thyself within us

Till th' electrum in us shines.

 
 4 

By our passing through this cycle,

Living creatures we become

To express the life of Jesus;

He with whom we've been made one.

We express Him as a human,

As a man so good and fine;

Balanced, normal, never striving;

Fully human, yet divine.

 
 5 

We express Him as a lion

Conquering every enemy;

As an ox obedient, lowly,

Faithful in His ministry.

We express Him as an eagle,

So transcendent, soaring high;

Never held by fear or flatter,

He above it all does fly.

 
 6 

Hallelujah! What a figure

Of the way God deals with us!

From the wind, cloud, fire, electrum,

To the creatures glorious:

As the man, the ox and lion,

As the eagle — all the four

Will be our complete expression

As we eat Him more and more.

 
Hymn #1201