My God, the visits of thy face

My God, the visits of thy face

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 27 hymnals

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1 My God, the visits of thy face
Afford superior joy
To all the flatt'ring world can give,
Or mortal hopes employ.

2 But clouds and darkness intervene,
My brightest joys decline;
And earth's fay trifles oft ensnare
This wand'ring heart of mine.

3 Lord, guide this wand'ring heart to thee;
Unsatisfied I stray;
Break through the shades of sense and sin
With thy enliv'ning ray.

4 O let thy beams resplendent shine,
And ev'ry cloud remove;
Transform my pow'rs, and fit my soul
For happier scenes above.

5 Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart,
To those transporting joys;
Then shall I scorn each little snare,
Which this vain world employs.

6 Then, though I sink in death's cold sleep,
To life shall I awake;
And, in the likeness of my God,
Of heav'nly bliss partake.

Source: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #223

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

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First Line: My God, the visits of thy face
Author: Anne Steele
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #223

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #223

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #223

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #P.XVII

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #437

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #241

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #241

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #233

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Christian Hymns #486

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d183

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #564

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a564

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #277

Hymns for the Use of the New Jerusalem Church #d156

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Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #29

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #32

Sacred poetry #d306

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Sacred Poetry #aXVIIa

Sacred Poetry #d305

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Sacred Poetry #XVIIa

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #302

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #302

The Universalist Hymn Book #d303

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #57

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Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music #21b

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