Look, O My Soul, Within the Veil

Look

O my soul

with­in the veil

View that un­num­bered throng

Whose joys can nev­er

nev­er fail

While Je­sus is their song.

O hap­py souls! for ev­er freed

From sin and ev­ery snare

They reign with their ex­alt­ed Head

And palms of vic­to­ry bear.

They glo­ry in their con­quer­ing God

And see Him as He is:

Their robes are spot­less through His blood

Their hap­pi­ness like His.

But I am in a world of woe

Acquainted still with grief;

Affliction I’m or­dained to know

When shall I get re­lief?

They once were sore dis­tressed

like me

Till Heav’n sub­dued their fear;

They sailed o’er tri­bu­la­tion’s sea

Before they land­ed there.

Then may I live by faith on God

On ev­ery pro­mise giv’n;

And still con­fide in Je­su’s blood

And wait re­signed for Heav’n.

Jesus will sure­ly bring me there

In His ap­point­ed time;

On Him

my soul

cast all thy care

Rely alone on Him.