When God Is Seen with Men to Dwell

When God is seen with men to dwell,
And all creation makes anew,
What tongues can half the wonders tell,
What eye the dazzling glories view?

Celestial streams shall gently flow,
The wilderness shall joyful be;
On parchèd ground shall lilies grow
And gladness spring on every tree;

The weak be strong, the fearful bold,
The deaf shall hear, the dumb shall sing,
The lame shall walk, the blind behold,
And joy through all the earth shall ring.

Author: Unknown

This hymn text appears in 18th- and 19th-century collections of sacred poetry, often linked to the Second Advent or millennial themes. No definitive author is consistently credited in primary sources; it is sometimes listed as anonymous or simply 'from an old hymn.' It is not a match for well-known writers such as Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, or John Newton, whose similar eschatological hymns have different wording and meter.