Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Meditation and Prayer

There is an eye that never sleeps

  • No. 520
  • Words John A. Wallace.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

There is an eye that never sleepsBeneath the wing of night;There is an ear that never shutsWhen sink the beams of light.

2

There is an arm that never tiresWhen human strength gives way;There is a love that never failsWhen earthly loves decay.

3

That eye is fixed on seraph throngs;That arm upholds the sky;That ear is filled with angel songs;That love is throned on high.

4

But there 's a power which man can wieldWhen mortal aid is vain,That eye, that arm, that love to reach,That listening ear to gain.

5

That power is prayer, which soars on high,Through Jesus, to the throne;And moves the hand which moves the world,To bring salvation down.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «520» (large) in the left column of p. 172, under «Phœbe Hinsdale Brown.» of hymn 519, with the italic reference line «395, 147, 644.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 395, 147 or 644) beside the number; stanzas 1–4 in the left column and stanza 5 at the top of the right column, the even lines of each stanza indented; «John A. Wallace.» in italics after stanza 5 (swash italic «J»). The first word «THERE» is set in capitals and small capitals; written in ordinary type here. Stanza 5 line 3 runs over the column width and its last word «world,» stands alone on the next printed line («the / world,»): joined here as one verse line. «there 's» is printed with a space before the apostrophe and kept so (the convention of this book's deliveries). An ink blot over the «n» of «man» (stanza 4) is a scan mark. The print sets a thin space before «;» («night ;», «way ;», «throngs ;», «sky ;», «songs ;», «throne ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., like the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Meditation and Prayer · No. 520 · printed page 172
Checked
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