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Search Me O God / Search me O God my actions try [#SearchMeOGod #SearchMeOGodMyActionsTry #SearchMe #OGod #MyActionsTry #MyActions ActionsTry]

Francis Bottome (May 26, 1823, Belper, Derbyshire, England, UK – June 29, 1894, Cornwall, England, UK)

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Search me O God my actions try
And let my life appear
As seen by Thine all searching eye
To mine my ways make clear

2
Search all my sense and know my heart
Who only canst make known
And let the deep the hidden part
To me be fully shown

3
Throw light into the darkened cells
Where passions reign within
Quicken my conscience till it feels
The loathsomeness of sin

4
Search all my thoughts the secret springs
The motives that control
The chambers where polluted things
Hold empire o’er the soul

5
Search till Thy fiery glance hast cast
Its holy light thro’ all
And I by grace am brought at last
Before Thy face to fall

6
Thus prostrate I shall learn of Thee
What I now feebly prove
That God alone in Christ can be
Unutterable love