Laudes Domini ‎#649

649. "Search me, O God"

1 Return, my roving heart, return,
And life's vain shadows chase no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn,
And thy forsaken God implore.

2 O thou great God! whose piercing eye
Distinctly marks each deep retreat,
In these sequestered hours draw nigh,
And let me here thy presence meet.

3 Through all the windings of my heart,
My search let heavenly wisdom guide;
And still its beams unerring dart,
Till all be known and purified.

4 Then let the visits of thy love,
My inmost soul be made to share,
Till every grace combine to prove
That God has fixed his dwelling there.

Text Information

• First Line: Return, my roving heart, return
• Title: "Search me, O God"
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Atonement: Accepted; Backsliding; Conflict With Sin; Declension, Spiritual; Heart: Searching; Repentance; Wandering
• Notes: Public Domain

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