Strong Son Of God, Immortal Love

"Then He poured water into the washbasin and 
began to wash the disciples' feet and wipe them 
 with the servant's towel with which He was girded."
John 13:5

Jesus Washing Peter's Feet
(19th century)

Ford Madox Brown

Strong Son of God, immortal Love,

Whom we, that have not seen Thy face,

By faith, and faith alone, embrace,

Believing what we cannot prove;

Thou seemest human and divine,

The highest, holiest manhood, Thou:

Our wills are ours, we know not how;

Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.

Our little systems have their day;

They have their day and cease to be;

They are but broken lights of Thee,

And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.

We have but faith: we cannot know,

For knowledge is of things we see;

And yet, we trust it comes from Thee,

A beam in darkness; let it grow.

Let knowledge grow from more to more,

But more of reverence in us dwell;

That mind and soul, according well,

May make one music as before.

Amen

"Strong Son Of God, Immortal Love"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(1809-1892)
British poet