Text: | Saviour of men, thy searching eye |
Author: | Johann J. Winkler |
Tune: | TRURO |
Composer: | Charles Burney |
1 Saviour of men, thy searching eye
Doth all mine inmost thoughts descry;
Doth aught on earth my wishes raise,
Or the world's pleasures, or its praise?
2 The love of Christ doth me constrain
To seek the wandering souls of men;
With cries, entreaties, tears, to save,
To snatch them from the open grave.
3 For this let men revile my name;
No cross I shun, I fear no shame:
All hail, reproach, and welcome:
Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain.
4 My life, my blood, I here present,
If for thy truth they may be spent;
Fulfill thy sovereign counsel, Lord;
Thy will be done, thy name adored.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Saviour of men, thy searching eye |
Author: | Johann J. Winkler |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Church: Ministry and Missions |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TRURO |
Composer: | Charles Burney |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #301, 316, or 343. |