Dear Jesus, in Whose Life I See

Dear Jesus, in Whose life I see
All that I would, but fail to be,
Let Thy clear light forever shine,
To shame and guide this life of mine.

Though what I dream and what I do
In my weak days are always two,
Help me, oppressed by things undone,
O Thou Whose deeds and dreams were one!

Author: John Hunter

Year: 1889

This hymn text is by the Scottish Presbyterian minister and hymn-writer John Hunter (1848–1917). It first appeared in his 1889 collection Hymns of Faith and Life. No significant alternate attributions exist.