The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#1034

1034. Saviour of men, thy searching eye

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

• First Line: Saviour of men, thy searching eye
• Author: Johann J. Winkler
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Church: Ministry and Missions
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: TRURO
• Composer: Charles Burney
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #301, 316, or 343.