Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#493

493. There is an eye that never sleeps

1 There is an eye that never sleeps
Beneath the wing of night;
There is an ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light.

2 There is an arm that never tires,
When human strength gives way;
There is a love that never fails,
When earthly love decays.

3 That eye is fixed on seraph throngs;
That arm upholds the sky;
That ear is filled with angel songs;
That love is throned on high.

4 But there's a power that man can wield
When mortal aid is vain,
That eye, that arm, that love to reach,
That listening ear to gain.

5 That power is prayer, which soars on high,
Through Jesus, to the throne,
And moves the hand which moves the world,
To bring salvation down.

Text Information

• First Line: There is an eye that never sleeps
• Author: James Cowden Wallace (ca. 1822)
• Meter: C. M. No. 2
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Prayer
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: MARLOW
• Arranger: Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc. (1832)
• Meter: C. M. No. 2
• Key: G Major
• Source: Rev. John Chetham's Psalmody, 1718
• Notes: Now Public Domain.