A Selection of Hymns ‎#CCCXXXI

CCCXXXI. Self-Examination

1 What strange perplexities arise?
What anxious fears and jealousies?
What crowds in doubtful light appear?
How few, alas, approv'd and clear?

2 And what am I?—My soul, awake,
And an impartial survey take;
Does no dark sign, no ground of fear,
In practice or in heart appear?

3 What image does my spirit bear?
Is Jesus form'd and living there?
Say, do his lineaments divine
In thought, and word, and action shine?

4 Searcher of hearts, O search me still;
The secrets of my soul reveal;
My fears remove; let me appear
To God, and my own conscience clear.

5 Scatter the clouds, that o'er my head
Thick glooms of dubious terrors spread;
Lead me into celestial day,
And, to myself, myself display.

6 May I at that bless'd world arrive,
Where Christ thro' all my soul shall live,
And give full proof that he is there,
Without one gloomy doubt or fear!

Text Information

• First Line: What strange perplexities arise
• Title: Self-Examination
• Author: President Davies
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  Galatians 4:19-20
• Topic: Worship: Private Worship; Personal Religion; Self-Examination

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