The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#573

573. Return, my roving heart, return

1 Return, my roving heart, return,
And life's vain shadows chase no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn,
And thy forsaken God implore.

2 O thou great God! whose piercing eye
Distinctly marks each deep retreat,
In these sequestered hours draw nigh,
And let me here thy presence meet.

3 Through all the windings of my heart,
My search let heavenly wisdom guide;
And still its beams unerring dart,
Till all be known and purified.

4 Then let the visits of thy love
My inmost soul be made to share,
Till every grace combine to prove
That God has fixed his dwelling there.

Text Information

• First Line: Return, my roving heart, return
• Author: Philip Doddridge
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Unfaithfulness Lamented

Tune Information

• Name: WELTON
• Composer: C. H. A. Malan
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #746, 542, or 23.