Text:O turn, great Ruler of the skies
Author:James Merrick
Tune:CRUX BEATA
Composer:Edward Miller

381. O turn, great Ruler of the skies

1 O turn, great Ruler of the skies,
Turn from my sin Thy searching eyes,
Nor let th'offences of my hand,
Within Thy book, recorded stand.

2 Give me a will to thine subdued,
A conscience pure, a soul renewed;
Nor let me, wrapt in endless gloom,
An outcast from Thy presence roam.

3 Oh, let Thy Spirit to my heart
Once more His quickening aid impart,
My mind from every fear release,
And sooth my troubled thoughts to peace.

4 So shall the souls whom error's sway
Has urged from Thee, blest Lord, to stray,
From me Thy heavenly precepts learn,
And humbled to their God return.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O turn, great Ruler of the skies
Author: James Merrick (1765)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Self Abasement; Change of Heart; Confession of Sin (5 more...)
Tune Information
Name: CRUX BEATA
Composer: Edward Miller
Meter: L. M.



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