A Collection of Hymns #87
Display Title: Return, my roving heart! return First Line: Return, my roving heart! return Date: 1859
A Collection of Hymns #87
1 Return, my roving heart, return,
And life's vain shadows chase no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn,
And thy forsaken God implore.
2 O thou great God! whose piercing eye
Distinctly marks each deep retreat,
In these sequestered hours draw nigh,
And let me here thy presence meet.
3 Through all the windings of my heart,
My search let heavenly wisdom guide;
And still its beams unerring dart,
Till all be known and purified.
4 Then let the visits of thy love
My inmost soul be made to share,
Till every grace combine to prove
That God has fixed his dwelling there.
Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #573
First Line: | Return, my roving heart, return |
Title: | Retirement and Meditation |
Author: | Philip Doddridge |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |