The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6160

6160. Search Me, O God (Simpson)

1. Search me, O God, search me and know my heart;
Try me and prove me in the hidden part;
Cleanse me and make me holy, as Thou art,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

Refrain
Lead me, lead me, lead me in the way everlasting;
Keep me from the things that wither and decay;
Give to me the things that cannot pass away,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

2. Thou art the same today and yesterday;
Oh, make Thy life in me the same alway;
Take from my heart the things that pass away;
Lead, lead me in the way everlasting. [Refrain]

3. Take my poor heart and only let me love
The things that always shall abiding prove;
Bind all my heartstrings to the world above,
And lead me in the way everlasting. [Refrain]

4. Help me to lay my treasures up on high;
Teach me to seek my future in the sky;
Give me my portion yonder by and by,
And lead me in the way everlasting. [Refrain]

5. Oh, let my work abide the testing day
That shall consume the stubble and the hay;
Oh, build my house upon the rock, I pray,
And lead me in the way everlasting. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Search me, O God, search me and know my heart
• Title: Search Me, O God (Simpson)
• Author: Albert B. Simpson (1897)
• Refrain First Line: Lead me, lead me, lead me in the way everlasting
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Search me, O God, search me and know my heart]
• Composer: Albert Benjamin Simpson (1897)
• Incipit: 31243 45436 55544
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain