Book 3, Hymn 31 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Return to bless my waiting eyes
Book 3, Hymn 31 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Return to bless my waiting eyes,And cheer my mourning heart, O LORD!Without thee, all beneath the skiesNo real pleasure can afford.
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Stanza 2. When thy loved presence meets my sight,It softens care, and sweetens toil;The sun shines forth with double light,The whole creation wears a smile.
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Stanza 3. Upon thine arm of love I rest,Thy gracious voice forbids my fear;No storms disturb my peaceful breast,No foes assault when thou art near.
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Stanza 4. But ah! since thou hast been away,Nothing but trouble have I known;And Satan marks me for his preyBecause he sees me left alone.
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Stanza 5. My sun is hid, my comforts lost,My graces droop, my sins revive;Distressed, dismayed, and tempest–tossed,My soul is only just alive!
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Stanza 6. LORD, hear my cry and come again!Put all mine enemies to shame,And let them see, ’tis not in vainThat I have trusted in thy name.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 31. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-31
About these words
John Newton lived from 1725 to 1807. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
