Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#267

267. O Thou, to Whose all-searching sight

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 evil need I fear,
If Thou, my Lord, my God, art near.

4 Saviour, where’er Thy steps I see,
Dauntless, untried, I follow Thee;
O let Thy hand support me still,
And lead me to Thy holy hill.

5 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou, to Whose all-searching sight
• Translator: John Wesley (1738)
• Author: Nicolaus Ludwig v. Zinzendorf (1721)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917

Tune Information

• Name: GRACE CHURCH
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Arranged from Ignaz J. Pleyel, 1815