2. We have not seen the billowy sea-
Grow calm and still at Thy command,
Nor the dim orbs again to see,
Beneath the healing of Thine hand:
But we believe the Fount of light-
Again could give those eyeballs sight.

3. We did not see Thee tread the wave;
We did not hear the voice from heaven,
Which once with awful warning gave-
That God’s own Son for us was given.
But we believe – oh! strengthen Thou-
The faith which to Thy name we owe.

4. We did not see the armèd throng-
Steal to the garden’s midnight shade,
And watch the palm-tree’s boughs among,
Then quail beneath Thy glance afraid:
But we believe – Almighty love-
Alone could such dark moments prove.

5. We did not see the darkness veil-
With sudden gloom the noon-day skies;
Nor the fierce soldier’s cheek grow pale;
And priestly mockery veil their eyes;
When the proud Roman owned the power-
Of heaven, ’twas in that awful hour.

6. We did not hear the footsteps fall-
Within that lonely garden ground,
Of the all-wakeful sentinel,
Slow tracing there his watchful round;
But we believe – the Holy One-
Bursting that tomb, in glory shone.

7. We were not with the chosen few-
Who saw Thee through the clouds ascend,
Who gazed, and wished to follow too,
Then on the earth all prostrate bend;
But we believe that mortal eyes-
Beheld the journey to the skies.

8. Chase every shade of doubt away;
“Light of the World!” in mercy shine;
Illume with faith our erring way,
We would no worship own but Thine.
Bring us to heaven’s peaceful shore,
And make us Thine forevermore!