We found "searching" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
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...What heart can comprehend Thy name,
Or, searching, find Thee out,
Who art within, a quickening flame,...
What heart can comprehend Thy name,
Or, searching, find Thee out,
Who art within, a quickening flame,
...Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear,
And think—e’en now, Thy searching gaze
Each secret of our soul surveys!...
Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear,
And think—e’en now, Thy searching gaze
Each secret of our soul surveys!
...Jehovah from His throne on high
Looks down with clear and searching eye
On all that dwell below;...
Jehovah from His throne on high
Looks down with clear and searching eye
On all that dwell below;
...His decision to abide.
O, how shall we stand that moment of searching,
When all our sins those books reveal?...
His decision to abide.
O, how shall we stand that moment of searching,
When all our sins those books reveal?
...How pure the soul must be
When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but with calm delight...
How pure the soul must be
When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but with calm delight
...And cheering when hearts are forlorn.
O come as the heart searching fire,
O come as the sin cleansing flood;...
And cheering when hearts are forlorn.
O come as the heart searching fire,
O come as the sin cleansing flood;
...O Lord, my inmost heart and thought
Thy searching eye doth see;
Where’er I rest, where’er I go,...
O Lord, my inmost heart and thought
Thy searching eye doth see;
Where’er I rest, where’er I go,
...And He sees each mortal
With a searching eye:
You can’t do wrong and get by....
And He sees each mortal
With a searching eye:
You can’t do wrong and get by.
...And He sees each mortal
With a searching eye:
You can’t do wrong and get by....
And He sees each mortal
With a searching eye:
You can’t do wrong and get by.
...Or make my bed in hell,
Behold, Thy searching eye abides
Wherever I may dwell....
Or make my bed in hell,
Behold, Thy searching eye abides
Wherever I may dwell.
...Unrighteous works their hands have wrought.
From Heaven the Lord with searching eye
Looked down the sons of men to try,...
Unrighteous works their hands have wrought.
From Heaven the Lord with searching eye
Looked down the sons of men to try,
...Holy Jesus, grant us tears,
Fill us with heart searching fears,
Ere the hour of doom appears....
Holy Jesus, grant us tears,
Fill us with heart searching fears,
Ere the hour of doom appears.
...To darkest shades of endless night,
From that all-searching eye?
But death and hell must all appear...
To darkest shades of endless night,
From that all-searching eye?
But death and hell must all appear
...Or make my bed in hell,
Behold, Thy searching eye abides
Wherever I may dwell....
Or make my bed in hell,
Behold, Thy searching eye abides
Wherever I may dwell.
...Strangers might think we all are wheat;
But to the Lord’s all-searching eyes,
Each heart appears without disguise....
Strangers might think we all are wheat;
But to the Lord’s all-searching eyes,
Each heart appears without disguise.
...And let my life appear
As seen by Thine all searching eye—
To mine my ways make clear....
And let my life appear
As seen by Thine all searching eye—
To mine my ways make clear.
...And doing good there is not one.
From Heav’n with searching eye the Lord
Did all the sons of men regard;...
And doing good there is not one.
From Heav’n with searching eye the Lord
Did all the sons of men regard;
...His everlasting all.
Blest Jesus, whose all searching eye
My inmost powers can see,...
His everlasting all.
Blest Jesus, whose all searching eye
My inmost powers can see,
...My utmost wickedness;
Set, Lord, in Thy most searching light
What I have done amiss....
My utmost wickedness;
Set, Lord, in Thy most searching light
What I have done amiss.
...But gloomy caverns strove in vain
To ’scape all-searching eyes.
Their dark designs were all revealed,...
But gloomy caverns strove in vain
To ’scape all-searching eyes.
Their dark designs were all revealed,
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