No distant Lord have I...

No distant Lord have I,

Loving afar to be;

Made flesh for me, He cannot rest

Until He rests in me.

Brother in joy and pain,

Bone of my bone was He;

More intimate and closer still—

He dwells Himself in me.

I need not journey far

This dearest Friend to see;

Companionship is always mine;

He makes His home with me.

-Maltbie Babcock image