1  We limit not the truth of God

       To our poor reach of mind,

    By notions of our day and sect,

       Crude, partial and confined.

    Now let a new and better hope

       Within our hearts be stirred:

    The Lord hath yet more light and truth

       To break forth from His Word.

 2  Who dares to bind by his dull sense

       The oracles of heaven,

    For all the nations, tongues and climes

       And all the ages given!

    The universe how much unknown!

       That ocean unexplored!

    The Lord hath yet more light and truth

       To break forth from His Word.

 3  Darkling our great forefathers went

       The first steps of the way;

    'Twas but the dawning yet to grow

       Into the perfect day;

    And grow it shall, our glorious Sun

       More fervid rays afford:

    The Lord hath yet more light and truth

       To break forth from His Word.

 4  The valleys past, ascending still,

       Our souls would higher climb,

    And look down from supernal heights,

       On all the bygone times;

    Upward we press, the air is clear,

       And the sphere-music heard!

    The Lord hath yet more light and truth

       To break forth from His Word.

 5  O Father, Son and Spirit, send

       Us increase from above;

    Enlarge, expand all Christian hearts

       To comprehend Thy love;

    And make us all go on to know

       With nobler powers conferred:

    The Lord hath yet more light and truth

       To break forth from His Word.