Church Book ‎#449

449. O Thou, to whose all-searching sight

1 O Thou, to whose all-searching sight
The darkness shineth as the light!
Search, prove my heart: it pants for Thee:
O burst these bonds, and set it free.

2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross;
Nail my affections to the Cross!
Hallow each thought; let all within
Be clean, as Thou, my Lord, art clean.

3 If in this darksome wild I stray,
Be thou my Light, be Thou my Way;
No foes, no violence I fear,
No fraud, while Thou, my God, art near.

4 When rising floods my soul o'erflow,
When sinks my heart in waves of woe,
Jesus, thy timely aid impart,
And raise my head, and cheer my heart.

5 Saviour, where'er Thy steps I see,
Dauntless, untired, I'd follow Thee:
O let Thy hand support me still,
And lead me to Thy holy hill!

6 If rough and thorny be the way,
My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil and grief and pain shall cease,
Where all is calm, and joy and peace.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou, to whose all-searching sight
• Author: Nicholas Louis, Count Zinzendorf
• Translator: John Wesley (1739)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Christian Life: Following Christ; Sundays in Lent; Passion Week
• Notes: Alternate tune: #145 or #287

Tune Information

• Name: ANDERNACH
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Source from index: Spiritual Songs of the Brotherhood of St. Cecelia, 1608