O Thou, in All Thy Might So Far

O Thou, in all Thy might so far,
In all Thy love so near,
Beyond the range of sun and star,
And yet beside us here.

What heart can comprehend Thy Name,
Or, searching, find Thee out,
Who art within, a quickening Flame,
A Presence round about.

Yet though I know Thee but in part,
I ask not, Lord, for more;
Enough for me to know Thou art,
To love Thee and adore.

And dearer than all things I know
Is childlike faith to me,
That makes the darkest way I go
An open path to Thee.

Author: Frederic Lucian Hosmer

Year: 1876

This hymn text by Unitarian minister Frederic Lucian Hosmer (1840–1929) first appeared in 1876; it is a well-known example of his work expressing transcendent yet immanent divine presence.