11512. Search Me, O God!

1 Search me, O God! my actions try,
And let my life appear
As seen by Thine all searching eye—
To mine my ways make clear.

2 Search all my sense and know my heart,
Who only canst make known,
And let the deep, the hidden part,
To me be fully shown.

3 Throw light into the darkened cells
Where passions reign within;
Quicken my conscience till it feels
The loathsomeness of sin.

4 Search all my thoughts, the secret springs,
The motives that control;
The chambers where polluted things
Hold empire o’er the soul.

5 Search, till Thy fiery glance hast cast
Its holy light thro’ all,
And I by grace am brought at last
Before Thy face to fall.

6 Thus prostrate, I shall learn of Thee
What I now feebly prove,
That God alone in Christ can be
Unutterable love.

Text Information
First Line: Search me, O God! my actions try
Title: Search Me, O God!
Author: Francis Bottome
Language: English
Source: Full Salvation Hymnal by J. E. Irvine (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1877)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: CROWLE by Maurice Greene
Tune Information
Name: ST. FLAVIAN
Meter: CM
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Day's Psalter, 1563
Copyright: Public Domain



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