Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#263

263. Oh, turn, great Ruler of the skies

1 Oh, turn, great Ruler of the skies,
Turn from my sin thy searching eyes,
Nor let th'offences of my hand,
Within thy book, recorded stand.

2 Give me a will to thine subdu'd,
A conscience pure, a soul renew'd;
Nor let me, wrapt in endless gloom,
An outcast from thy presence roam.

3 Oh, let thy Spirit to my heart
Once more his quick'ning aid impart,
My mind from every fear release,
And sooth my troubled thoughts to peace.

4 So shall the souls, whom error's sway
Has urg'd from thee, blest Lord, to stray,
From me thy heavenly precepts learn,
And, humbled, to their God return.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, turn, great Ruler of the skies
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Psalm 51:9
• Topic: Penitence of the awakened sinner: Penitence

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