AUTHOR of faith, appear! Be thou its finisher; Upward still for this we gaze,...

AUTHOR of faith, appear! Be thou its finisher; Upward still for this we gaze, Till we feel the stamp divine, Thee behold with open face, Bright in all thy glory shine.

Leave not thy work undone, But ever love thine own; Let us all thy goodness prove, Let us to the end believe; Show thine everlasting love, Save us, to the utmost save.

O that our life might be One looking up to thee! Ever hasting to the day When our eyes shall see thee near; Come, Redeemer, come away, Glorious in thy saints appear.