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Father of spirits, nature's God

Author: Harriet Auber
Published in 51 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Father of spirits, natures's God,
Our inmost thoughts are known to thee;
Thou, Lord, canst hear each idle word,
And every private action see.

2 Could we, on morning's swiftest wings,
Pursue our flight through trackless air,
Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs,
Thy presence still would meet us there.

3 In vain may guilt attempt to fly,
Concealed beneath the pall of night;
One glance from thy all-piercing eye
Can kindle darkness into light.

4 Search thou our hearts, and there destroy
Each evil thought, each secret sin,
And fit us for those realms of joy,
Where nought impure shall enter in.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #59

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Author: Harriet Auber

Auber, Harriet, daughter of Mr. James Auber, b. in London, Oct. 4, 1773. During the greater part of her quiet and secluded life she resided at Broxbourne and Hoddesdon, Herts, and died at the latter place on the 20th Jan., 1862. Miss Auber wrote devotional and other poetry, but only a portion of the former was published in her Spirit of the Psalms, in 1829. This collection is mainly her work, and from it some useful versions of the Psalms have been taken and included in modern hymn-books, about 20 appearing in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866. Miss Auber's name is widely known, but it is principally through her exquisite lyric, "Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed," and the Epiphany hymn, "Bright was the guiding star that led." (For criti… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Father of spirits, nature's God
Title:	Omnipresence of God
Author:	Harriet Auber
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 139
(hymns)

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WARREN (Taylor)

FERTILE PLAINS (Handel)

HEBRON (Mason)

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Timeline

Page Scans

The Christian Church Hymnal (1906), p.79

Instances

Instances (1 - 51 of 51)

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #84

A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #16

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #106

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #106

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #106

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #106

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #106

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #106

African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #74

Christian Hymn and Tune Book, for use in Churches, and for Social and Family Devotions #4

Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #156

Devotional hymns #20

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d100

Hymnal #74

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d116

Hymns for Christian Melody #33

Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #877

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #84

Hymns of Worship #109

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d65

Manual of Devotion #8

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #170

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #170

New Hymn and Tune book #41d

New Hymn and Tune Book #41d

Supplement to Watts #d126

The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #74

The Baptist Psalmody #9

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d103

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d99

The Chorister, and School Harmonist, 1st ed. #d24

The Christian Church Hymnal #9

The Christian Hymn Book #d166

The Christian Hymn Book #27

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d168

The Christian Hymnal #d165

The Christian Hymnal #18

The Christian hymnal #215

The Christian Hymnist #d130

The Christian Psalmist #P139a

The Church Hymn Book #d255

The Gospel Psalmist #401

The Heart and Voice #101c

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #67

The New England Sabbath School Minstrel #146

The Psalmist #132

The Psalmist #132

The Southern Psalmist #d209

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d216

The Supplement to "The Century Gospel Songs" #d31

The Voice of Praise #59

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