Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Father of spirits nature's God
Topic: God/His Being and Perfections
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 27
Page Number: 019, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFather of spirits, nature's God!
Our inmost thoughts are known to thee:
Thou, Lord, canst hear each idle word,
And every private action see.
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.
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.
Search thou our hearts, and there destroy
Each evil though, each secret sin,
And fit us for those realms of joy,
Where naught impure shall enter in.