Down
in the depth of my nature
Where
the issues of life are born,
From
that unknown mystical realm
Surviving
through ages of storm,
A
call is forever rising–
But
its language I cannot speak.
It
was born ere I had being,
‘Tis
the call of deep unto deep.
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Our
mother tongue here is awkward,
For
no words can fully express
The
needs in the depths of nature,
In
bondage to sin and distress.
Our
hearts in their depths sorely ache;
They
hunger; they call; and they seek–
Then
silently wait an answer
To
the call of deep unto deep.
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Down
deep in the heart of our God,
In
mystical regions sublime,
In
the Godhead’s holy council
Long
before our world or our time,
An
answer was fully prepared
Every
pain, every ache to meet,
In
Christ, God’s only begotten,
Is
answer to deep unto deep.
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The
Answer indeed was the Word,
The
Word when expressed was the Son.
Oh
language of God how profound!
In
answer what more could be done?
The
heart of our God is hungry,
His
portion, His people to seek.
“l
thirst,” was cried by the Answer-
‘Tis
the call of deep unto deep.
