597 | The Hymnal#598 | 599 |
Text: | O Thou, to whose all-searching sight |
Author (v. 4): | Rev. Johann A. Freylinghausen |
Author (vs. 1-3): | Count Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf |
Translator: | Rev. John Wesley |
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 harm, while Thou, my God, art near.
4 When rising floods my head 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 my way,
My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil and grief and pain shall cease
Where all is calm and joy and peace.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Thou, to whose all-searching sight |
Translator: | Rev. John Wesley (1738, v. 3, line 4. alt.) |
Author (vs. 1-3): | Count Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf (1721) |
Author (v. 4): | Rev. Johann A. Freylinghausen |
Publication Date: | 1895 |