Could we touch the face of heaven

Could we touch the face of heaven,
Could we see the smile of God;
Then we’d know we are forgiven,
Through our living loving Lord.
For the mind of God will teach us,
And God’s heart will lead us on;
Christ’s own hope will never leave us,
Wake! we see eternal Dawn.

Would the Son’s light lift upon us,
Through our country’s misty rain;
Spirit’s wind impress upon us,
No-one weeps or laughs in vain.
Could each hill and glen reveal us,
Rock from which our life is hewn;
Rivers soothe and forests hide us,
Peace and prayer within are born.

Could we still a baby’s crying,
When her mother has no food;
Could we help an old man’s dying,
With the kindly blessed Word.
Could we kill the heart of evil,
When it murders life so brief;
Could we hope as one together,
That this world be free from grief.

Would the Saviour’s Life remake us,
Through His bleeding dying cross;
Would His rising ever save us,
Deem our own deserved loss.
Would His healing ever reach us,
Help us breathe and live and move;
Tender words at once restore us,
God’s salvation we will prove.

Could we touch the face of heaven,
Could we see the smile of God;
Then we’d know we are forgiven,
Through our living loving Lord.
For the mind of God will teach us,
And God’s heart will lead us on;
Christ’s own hope will never leave us,
Wake! we see eternal Dawn.

(c) Robert Alexander Anderson 2004