Lord, to know Thee as our Person, 主,我們切求能認識

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meter: 8.7.8.7.D. with chorus 8.7.8.7.D. 和

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Lord, to know Thee as our Person,
主,我們切求能認識
Earnestly we seek and pray;
你是我們的主人;
To experience Thy fulness
並在裡面不斷經歷
In a constant inner way.
你的豐滿與福分。
Never longer only outward
不再僅是外面知識,
Or with soulish thoughts obsessed,
或只是心思著迷,
But, O Lord, in realest contact
而藉最真實的接觸,
We by Thee would be possessed.
使全人都能歸你。

Chorus 和

Lord, Thou art our Person,
主是我們主人,
In our inmost being,
住在我們心裡,
May we constantly experience
願我們都能不斷經歷
This reality.
這個實際。

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All the world is under darkness,
全世界都在黑暗中,
Driven by the fallen soul,
被墮落之魂駕馭,
And the enemy designing
仇敵的計謀乃是要
Does the soulish life control.
將魂的生命管理。
Such we were till God, through mercy,
直到神的憐憫促使
Caused His Son to dwell in us;
祂兒子住在人裡,
Now we fully come to know Him
今我們完全認識祂
In His church so glorious.
在教會中的奧秘。

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Once we walked a soulish person,
我們前在曠野流蕩,
Wandering in the wilderness,
生活行事全屬魂,
Never knowing that our spirit
從不知道我們的靈
Craved God’s fullness to express;
渴望彰顯神豐盛;
At the moment Jesus entered
就當耶穌進來之際,
Instantly the whole was changed.
立刻使情況改變。
Now we’re people spirit-centered!
我們今以靈為中心,
Hallelujah! Rearranged!
阿利路亞!新改變!

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Now our spirit is our person—
如今靈是我們真人-
What a glorious fact is this!
何等榮耀的事實!
Christ Himself in us expressing
基督自己在我們裡,
God’s intent and holiness.
彰顯神性和神旨;
Not the soul-life’s vain delusion,
不是魂生命的幻想,
But the spirit strengthened is;
乃是靈剛強、壯大;
Christ Himself is now our Person—
基督自己今作主人,
He is ours and we are His.
祂是屬我、我屬祂。