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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Thy presence everlasting God (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Thy presence everlasting God

Topic: Providence

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

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 35

Page Number: 158, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

THY presence, everlasting God,

Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad;

Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep,

In ev'ry place thy children keep.



While near each other we remain,

Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;

When absent, happy if we share

Thy smiles, thy counsels, and thy care.



To thee we all our ways commit,

And seek our comforts near thy feet;

Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine,

And guard and guide us still as thine.



Give us in thy beloved house

Again to pay our thankful vows:

Or, if that joy no more be known,

Give us to meet around thy throne.