No Distant Lord

No distant Lord have I,
  Loving afar to be.
Made flesh for me He cannot rest
  Until He rests in me.

I need not journey far
  This dearest Friend to see.
Companionship is always mine;
  He makes His home with me.

I envy not the twelve.
  Nearer to me is He.
The Life He once lived here on earth
  He lives again in me.

Ascended now to God
  My Witness there to be,
His witness here am I because
  His Spirit dwells in me.

O glorious Son of God,
  Incarnate Deity,
I shall forever be with Thee
  Because Thou art with me.

--Maltbie D. Babcock
  (1858-1901)