I can see in paradise,
CHAPTER EIGHT A SPECIAL TALK ON HANDING ONESELF OVER Date:Evening, February 2, 1950 Place:Jordan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong The following hymn was written about a person, Dara, whose heart was most sincere and whose spirit was most pure towards the Lord. It speaks of the proper attitude a man of God should have towards the world. As we sing this song, we touch a spirit whose purity rarely has been found in the past five hundred years. As we learn to touch the Lord's Spirit with our spirit and as we turn our heart fully to the Lord as the writer did, we can lay aside every earthly possession.
1. Having seen the world's fair beauty, Lord, I would be blind once more, Lest I lose the loving Presence And Delight I knew before.
Having seen the world's fair beauty, Lord, I would be blind once more, Lest I lose the loving Presence And Delight I knew before. 2. Dawn and sunset, star and moonlight, I can see in paradise, But while here on earth His mercy For my blindness will suffice.
3. I no more would be delivered From my thorn, but look for grace, While within the veil His glory Shineth brightly on my face. 4. In the deep dark night, His beauty I by faith, not sight, may trace; He was ridiculed and hated, Yet I see His glorious face. 5. Sun and moonlight far surpassing, Clouds and Milky Way o'erspread, Is the glory all transcending Shining from His thorn-crowned head.