O Patient, Spotless One

October 2024 — Grace & Truth Magazine


O Patient, Spotless One

O patient, spotless One! Our hearts in meekness train, To bear Thy yoke, and learn of Thee, That we may rest obtain.
Jesus, Thou art enough The mind and heart to fill; Thy patient life – to calm the soul; Thy love – its fear dispel.
O fix our earnest gaze So wholly, Lord, on Thee, That, with Thy beauty occupied, We elsewhere none may see. —Christian Andreas Bernstein (1672-1699)