Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Return my roving heart return (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Return my roving heart return

Topic: The New Life/Private Devotions

Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 982

Page Number: 582, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Return, my roving heart, return,

And chase these shadowy forms no more;

Seek out some solitude to mourn,

And thy forsake God implore.



O thou, great God, whose piercing eye

Distinctly marks each deep recess;

In these sequestered hours draw nigh,

And with thy presence fill the place.



Through all the windings of my heart,

My search let heavenly widsom guide;

And still its radiant beams impart

Till all be searched purified.



Then, with the visits of thy love,

Vochsafe my immost soul to cheer;

Till every grace shall join to prove

That God has fixed his dwelling there.