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Hymn: To heaven I lift mine eye (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: To heaven I lift mine eye

Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: T Cook

Meter: 6 6 8 8 6

Tune: Van Pelt

Hymn Number: 387

Page Number: 140, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

To heaven I lift mine eye,

To heaven, Jehovah's throne,

For there my Savior sits on high,

And thence shall strength and aid supply

To all he calls his own.



He will not faint nor fail, 

Nor cause thy feet to stray;

For him no wea-ry

Hours as-sail,

Nor evening darkness spreads her veil

O'er his e-ter-nal day.



Beneath that light divine,

Securely shalt thou move;

The sun with milder beams shall shine,

And eve's still queen her lamp incline

Benignant from above.



For he, thy God and Friend,

Shall keep thy soul from harm,

In each sad scene of doubt attend,

And guide thy life, and bless thine end,

With his almighty arm.