Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Return my roving heart return
Topic: Aspiration to Divine Communion
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Blessing
Hymn Number: 249
Page Number: 093, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRETURN, my roving heart, return,
And chase these shadowy forms no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn,
And thy forsaken God implore.
O Thou, great God, whose piercing eye
Distinctly marks each deep recess,
In these sequester'd hours draw nigh,
And with Thy presence fill the place.
Through all the windings of my heart
My search let heav'nly wisdom guide;
And still its radiant beams impart
Till all be search'd and purified.
Then with the visits of Thy love
vouchsafe my inmost soul to cheer;
Till every grace shall join to prove
That God has fix'd His dwelling there.