Text: | O Thou, to whose all-searching sight |
Author: | Count N. L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760 |
Translator: | J. Wesley, 1703-1791 |
Tune: | OMBERSLEY |
Composer: | W. H. Gladstone, 1840-1891 |
1 O Thou, to whose all-searching sight
The darkness shineth as the light,
Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee;
O burst these bonds, and set it free!
2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross,
Nail my affections to the cross;
Hallow each thought; let all within
Be clean, as Thou, my Lord, art clean!
3 If in this darksome wild I stray,
Be Thou my Light, be Thou my Way;
No foes, no violence I fear,
No fraud, while Thou, my God, art near.
4 When rising floods my soul o'erflow,
When sinks my heart in waves of woe,
Jesus, Thy timely aid impart,
And raise my head, and cheer my heart.
5 Saviour, where'er Thy steps I see,
Dauntless, untired, I follow Thee;
O let Thy hand support me still,
And lead me to Thy holy hill!
6 If rough and thorny be the way,
My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease,
Where all is calm, and joy, and peace.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Thou, to whose all-searching sight |
Translator: | J. Wesley, 1703-1791 |
Author: | Count N. L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Afflictions: Floods of; Afflictions: Prayer in; Clean Heart(13 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | OMBERSLEY |
Composer: | W. H. Gladstone, 1840-1891 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | Dâ™ Major |