Blessed Be Thou For All The Joy My Soul Has Felt To-Day! Oh, Let Its Memory Stay With Me, And Never Pass Away! I Was Alone, For Those I Loved Were Far Away From Me; The Sun Shone On The Withered Grass, The Wind Blew Fresh And Free. Was It The Smile Of Early Spring That Made My Bosom Glow? 'Twas Sweet; But Neither Sun Nor Wind Could Cheer My Spirit So. Was It Some Feeling Of Delight All Vague And Undefined? No; 'Twas A Rapture Deep And Strong, Expanding In The Mind. Was It A Sanguine View Of Life, And All Its Transient Bliss, A Hope Of Bright Prosperity? Oh, No! It Was Not This. It Was A Glimpse Of Truth Divine Unto My Spirit Given, Illumined By A Ray Of Light That Shone Direct From Heaven. I Felt There Was A God On High, By Whom All Things Were Made; I Saw His Wisdom And His Power In All His Works Displayed. But Most Throughout The Moral World, I Saw His Glory Shine; I Saw His Wisdom Infinite, His Mercy All Divine. Deep Secrets Of His Providence, In Darkness Long Concealed, Unto The Vision Of My Soul Were Graciously Revealed. But While I Wondered And Adored His Majesty Divine, I Did Not Tremble At His Power: I Felt That God Was Mine; I Knew That My Redeemer Lived; I Did Not Fear To Die; Full Sure That I Should Rise Again To Immortality. I Longed To View That Bliss Divine, Which Eye Hath Never Seen; Like Moses, I Would See His Face Without The Veil Between.