To Heaven our longing eyes we raise

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To Heaven our longing eyes we raise

Paraphraser: Harriet Auber (1829)
Tune: PROSPECT (Graham)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1. To Heav'n our longing eyes we raise,
Where God in matchless glory reigns;
He, from His mercy-seat, surveys
The creatures whom His power sustains.

2. O let no anxious doubts alarm;
Though throned in Heav'n, His help is nigh:
No weariness unnerves his arm,
No slumber seals his watchful eye.

3. He suffers not his flock to stray,
But guides them by his gospel's light;
Shades them from scorching suns by day,
Shields them from perils of the night.

4. He is our Father and our King,
Maker and Sov'reign, Lord of all;
Secure beneath His shelt'ring wing,
No evil can His saints befall.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #99

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Paraphraser: Harriet Auber

Auber, Harriet, daughter of Mr. James Auber, b. in London, Oct. 4, 1773. During the greater part of her quiet and secluded life she resided at Broxbourne and Hoddesdon, Herts, and died at the latter place on the 20th Jan., 1862. Miss Auber wrote devotional and other poetry, but only a portion of the former was published in her Spirit of the Psalms, in 1829. This collection is mainly her work, and from it some useful versions of the Psalms have been taken and included in modern hymn-books, about 20 appearing in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866. Miss Auber's name is widely known, but it is principally through her exquisite lyric, "Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed," and the Epiphany hymn, "Bright was the guiding star that led." (For criti… Go to person page >

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First Line:	To Heaven our longing eyes we raise
Paraphraser:	Harriet Auber (1829)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	The Spirit of the Psalms, 1829
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain; Public Domain