O Thou in All Thy Might So Far

12 O Thou in All Thy Might So Far

1 O thou in all thy might so far,
   In all thy love so near,
   Beyond the range of sun and star,
   And yet beside us here:

2 What heart can comprehend thy Name,
   Or searching find thee out,
   Who art within, a quickening flame,
   A presence round about?

3 Yet though I know thee but in part,
   I ask not, Lord, for more;
   Enough for me to know thou art,
   To love thee, and adore.

4 And dearer than all things I know
   Is childlike faith to me,
   That makes the darkest way I go
   An open path to thee.
                         Frederick Ludian Hosmer
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition