Jesus, these eyes have never seen

Jesus, these eyes have never seen. Ray Palmer* (1808-1887). Written at Albany, New York, in 1858, and first published in The Sabbath Hymn Book: for the Service of Song in the House of the Lord (1858), edited by Lowell Mason*, Edwards Amasa Park and Austin Phelps. In The Poetical Works of Ray Palmer. Complete Edition it is headed ‘Unseen, not Unknown. “Whom having not seen, ye love” – 1 Peter 1:8’. According to the Companion to CP (1953) Palmer ‘was preparing a sermon which had Christ as its central theme. Wishing to refer to a volume in his bookcase, he opened the door and the first book he took hold of was the one he sought. The thought struck him that in some such way the face of Christ...