Who Thy mighty depths can measure?
Who can sound, with earthly line,
Thy profundity of treasure,
Thy infinity divine?
They who quaff Thy wave shall never
Thirst again; for springing free
In their hearts, a fount forever
Thou to them of life shall be.
May we drink of Thee rejoicing,
Till on heaven's sinless shore
We Thy virtues shall be voicing
With the blest for evermore.
Samuel M. Miller, dean of the Lutheran Bible Institute, Minneapolis,
Minn., is the writer of a number of spiritual songs and hymns that have
become popular in Bible conference circles. Among his hymns are "In the
holy Father's keeping" and "When Jesus comes in glory."
W. H. Lehmann, superintendent of home missions in the American Lutheran
Church, has written "Take Thou my life, dear Lord," and "Beneath Thy
cross I stand," the latter a passion hymn of rare beauty:
Beneath Thy cross I stand
And view Thy marred face;
O Son of man, must Thou thus die
To save a fallen race?
Alone Thou bear'st the wrath
That should on sinners fall,
While from Thy holy wounds forthflows
A stream of life for all.
O Lamb of God so meek,
Beneath Thy cross I bow:
Heart-stricken, all my sins confess--
O hear, forgive me now!
O Son of God, look down
In mercy now on me
And heal my wounds of sin and death,
That I may live to Thee!
INDEX OF NOTABLE HYMNS
ESPECIALLY PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME
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