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Worship — Law of God

With all my heart I've sought thy face

  • No. 209
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

With all my heart I've sought thy face,
O let me never stray
From thy commands, O God of grace!
Nor tread the sinner's way.

2

Thy word I 've hid within my heart
To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

3

My ear with sacred reverence hears
The threatenings of thy word;
My flesh, with holy trembling, fears
The judgments of the Lord.

4

My God! I long, I hope, I wait,
For thy salvation still;
While thy whole law is my delight,
And I obey thy will.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «209» (large) with the reference line «175, 395, 698.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 175, 395 or 698); the hymn stands in the left column of p. 71, below stanzas 2–4 of hymn 208, stanzas 1–4, «Isaac Watts.» in italics at the end. The first word «WITH» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («grace !», «word ;», «God !», «still ;»); it is closed up here. «I 've» in stanza 2 is printed with a space before the apostrophe and is kept so (stanza 1 has a closed «I've»). The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Law of God · No. 209 · printed page 71
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30