And heaven brought in with all its bliss,

O! is there aught from pole to pole,

One moment to compare with this?

3 This is the hidden life I prize—

A life of penitential love;

When I my follies most despise,

And raise my highest thoughts above?

4 When all I am I clearly see,

And freely own with deepest shame;

When the Redeemer’s love to me