The Junior Hymnal, Containing Sunday School and Luther League Liturgy and Hymns for the Sunday School ‎#211

211. Our Wilful Hearts Have Gone Astray

1 Our wilful hearts have gone astray;
Our feet have wandered far away;
O God, remember not the day
When we forsook Thy love.

2 O patient eyes that saw us go!
O careless hearts to grieve Thee so;
O feet how swift to leave, how slow
When we came back to love!

3 We followed far the wayward will;
Our eyes turned home from ev’ry hill;
They saw Thee waiting, watching still
When we looked back to love.

4 Forgive that we have turned aside;
Our weary hearts in Thee would hide;
What joy forever to abide
In Thee, and know Thy love!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Our wilful hearts have gone astray
• Title: Our Wilful Hearts Have Gone Astray
• Author: Louis F. Benson (1897)
• Author (v. 4): Ernest Edwin Ryden (1923)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1947
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Our wilful hearts have gone astray]
• Arranger: F. S. Hastings
• Source: Traditional
• Notes: Now Public Domain.