Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Great God thy penetrating eye
Topic: God/Omnipresence
Writer: E Scott
Composer: Hugh Wilson
Meter: CM
Tune: Avon
Hymn Number: 245
Page Number: 082, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGREAT God! thy penetrating eye
Pervades my inmost powers;
With awe profound my wondering soul
Falls prostrate and adores.
To be encompassed round with God,
The Holy and the Just,
Armed with omnipotence to save,
Or crush me to the dust-
O how tremendous is the thought!
Deep may it be impressed;
And may thy Spirit firmly grave
This truth within my breast.
Begirt with thee, my fearless soul
The gloomy vale shall tread;
And thou wilt bind th' immortal crown
Of glory on my head.