The phrase "surveys" resonates through 7 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
surveys
...Since all the downward tracts of time
God’s watchful eye surveys,
O who so wise to choose our lot...
Since all the downward tracts of time
God’s watchful eye surveys,
O who so wise to choose our lot
...Then, while between our ranks He walks
And all our state surveys,
His smiles shall with new luster deck...
Then, while between our ranks He walks
And all our state surveys,
His smiles shall with new luster deck
...A greater ruler takes His seat;
The God of Heav’n, as Judge, surveys,
The gods on earth, and all their ways....
A greater ruler takes His seat;
The God of Heav’n, as Judge, surveys,
The gods on earth, and all their ways.
...And think—e’en now, Thy searching gaze
Each secret of our soul surveys!
So may such joy, chastised and pure,...
And think—e’en now, Thy searching gaze
Each secret of our soul surveys!
So may such joy, chastised and pure,
...And would not suffer still:
It is that Heav’n-born faith surveys
The path that leads to light,...
And would not suffer still:
It is that Heav’n-born faith surveys
The path that leads to light,
...Where even now, in distant view,
The eye of faith surveys Him.
O wondrous love, which God most high...
Where even now, in distant view,
The eye of faith surveys Him.
O wondrous love, which God most high
...Known long before conceived by me.
Thine eye my bed and path surveys,
My public haunts and private ways,...
Known long before conceived by me.
Thine eye my bed and path surveys,
My public haunts and private ways,
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