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EXPERIENCE OF GOD £ As Life
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| 1. | O how glorious! O how holy! |
| | God is the eternal life! |
| | Full, unlimited, and pow'rful, |
| | Pure, and merciful, and bright! |
| | In this life are all His riches, |
| | All His nature, love and light. |
| 2. | O how loving! O how gracious! |
| | God Himself is life to man! |
| | He in man hath made a spirit |
| | That He might fulfill His plan. |
| | 'Tis His heart's delight and longin |
| | E'er to be received by man. |
| 3. | O what love and grace unbounding! |
| | God as life to man doth flow! |
| | He no more is hid in secret |
| | But Himself to man doth show, |
| | First in flesh and then as Spirit |
| | That His life all men may know. |
| 4. | How approachable! How near us! |
| | God in Christ our life to be! |
| | Christ is God in flesh incarnate, |
| | Manifest for man to see. |
| | Died and risen, now He enters |
| | Into man, his life to be. |
| 5. | O what wonder! As the Spirit |
| | God as life to man is shown! |
| | 'Tis His other transformation, |
| | He as Spirit thus is know; |
| | Men convicting and inspiring, |
| | He within them makes His home. |
| 6. | O how glorious! O how precious! |
| | Thus the triune God to know! |
| | First the Father in the Son came, |
| | Now the Son as Spirit flows. |
| | When in man the Spirit enters |
| | God as life He doth bestow. |
| 7. | How mysterious, yet how real! |
| | God Himself now flows in me! |
| | In my heart, with me in oneness, |
| | He has come my life to be. |
| | Hallelujah! Hallelujah! |
| | I will praise unceasingly! |