Search Me, O God (Simpson)

Search me

O God

search me and know my heart;

Try me and prove me in the hid­den part;

Cleanse me and make me ho­ly

as Thou art

And lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing.

Lead me

lead me

lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing;

Keep me from the things that wi­ther and de­cay;

Give to me the things that can­not pass away

And lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing.

Thou art the same to­day and yes­ter­day;

Oh

make Thy life in me the same al­way;

Take from my heart the things that pass away;

Lead

lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing.

Take my poor heart and on­ly let me love

The things that al­ways shall ab­id­ing prove;

Bind all my heart­strings to the world ab­ove

And lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing.

Help me to lay my trea­sures up on high;

Teach me to seek my fu­ture in the sky;

Give me my por­tion yon­der by and by

And lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing.

Oh

let my work ab­ide the test­ing day

That shall con­sume the stub­ble and the hay;

Oh

build my house up­on the rock

I pray

And lead me in the way ev­er­last­ing.