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Text:Omnipresence
Tune:BURLINGTON

266. Omnipresence

1 In all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord! or flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thine all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord,
Before they're formed within;
And, ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.

4 Oh, wondrous knowledge, deep and high,
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Enclosed on every side.

5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love.

Text Information
First Line: In all my vast concerns with thee
Title: Omnipresence
Language: English
Publication Date: 1884
Topic: God: Attributes; God: Omniscience; Heart: Searching (1 more...)
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BURLINGTON
Meter: C. M.
Key: Eā™­ Major



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