1 To God I lift mine eyes,
From Him is all mine aid;
The God who built the skies,
And earth's foundations laid.
God is the tower
To which I fly:
His grace is nigh
In every hour.
2 My feet shall never slide
Or fall in fatal snares;
Since God, my guard and guide,
Defends me from my fears.
Those wakeful eyes
That never sleep,
His children keep
When dangers rise.
3 No burning heats by day,
Nor blasts of evening air,
Shall take my health away,
If God be with me there.
Thou art my sun,
And Thou my shade,
To guard my head
By night or noon.
John Bowlder was born in London, in 1783. He was educated at Winchester College, and entered the legal profession. As a barrister, he gave unusual promise of eminence; but died in 1815, at the age of thirty-two. His miscellaneous writings were published in 1816, by his father, under the title of "Select Pieces of Prose and Verse."
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.… Go to person page >
Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…
Display Title: To God I lift mine eyes, From him is all mine aidFirst Line: To God I lift mine eyes, From him is all mine aidAuthor: John BowdlerDate: 1876
Display Title: To God I lift mine eyes, From him is all mine aidFirst Line: To God I lift mine eyes, From him is all mine aidAuthor: John BowdlerDate: 1869
Display Title: To God I lift mine eyesFirst Line: To God I lift mine eyesTune Title: DARWALLAuthor: John BowdlerDate: 1899Subject: Courage | ; Fear Dispelled | ; God | Unsearchable; Providence | ; Trust | In God; Trust | In Providence
Display Title: To God I lift mine eyesFirst Line: To God I lift mine eyesMeter: H. M.Date: 1870Subject: Courage of Christians | ; God | wonderful in providence; Goodness of God | a ground of trust; Providence | ; Resignation |