1 We limit not the truth of God
to our poor reach of mind,
to notions of our day and place,
crude, partial, and confined:
no, let a new and better hope
within our hearts be stirred:
the Lord hath yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.
2 Who dares to bind to one's own sense
the oracles of heaven,
for all the nations, tongues and climes
and all the ages given?
That universe, how much unknown!
The ocean unexplored!
the Lord hath yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.
3 O Father, Son, and Spirit, send
us increase from above;
enlarge, expand all living souls
to comprehend your love;
and make us to go on to know
with nobler powers conferred--
the Lord hath yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.