| 1 | Thou hast said Thou art the Vine, Lord, |
| | | And that I’m a branch in Thee, |
| | But I do not know the reason |
| | | Thy I should so barren be. |
| 2 | Bearing fruit is my deep longing, |
| | | More Thy life to manifest, |
| | To Thy throne to bring more glory, |
| | | That Thy will may be expressed. |
| 3 | But I fail to understand, Lord, |
| | | What it means-”abide in me |
| | For the more I seek “abiding,” |
| | | More I feel I’m not in Thee. |
| 4 | How I feel I’m not abiding; |
| | | Though I pray and strongly will, |
| | Yet from me Thou seemest distant |
| | | And my life is barren still. |
| 5 | Yet Thou art the Vine, Thou saidst it. |
| | | And I am a branch in Thee; |
| | When I take Thee as my Savior. |
| | | Then this fact is wrought in me. |
| 6 | Now I’m in Thee and I need not |
| | | Seek into Thyself to come, |
| | For I’m joined to Thee already, |
| | | With Thy flesh and bones I’m one. |
| 7 | Not to “go in” is the secret. |
| | | But that I’m “already in”! |
| | That I ne’er may leave I’d ask Thee. |
| | | Not how I may get within. |
| 8 | I am in, already in Thee! |
| | | What a place to which I’m brought! |
| | There’s no need for prayer or struggling, |
| | | God Himself the work has wrought. |
| 9 | Since I’m in, why ask to enter; |
| | | O how ignorant I’ve been! |
| | Now with praise and much rejoicing |
| | | For Thy Word, I dwell therein. |
| 10 | Now in Thee I rest completely, |
| | | With myself I gladly part; |
| | Thou art life and Thou art power, |
| | | All in all to me Thou art. |
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