The phrase "thoughts" resonates through 14 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...For, sure, no other mind,
For thoughts so bold, so free,
Greatness or strength, could ever find;...
For, sure, no other mind,
For thoughts so bold, so free,
Greatness or strength, could ever find;
...So let everything we see
Turn our thoughts, O Lord, to Thee.
All...
So let everything we see
Turn our thoughts, O Lord, to Thee.
All
...And able to discern
The thoughts and intentions of the heart,
The thoughts and intentions of the heart....
And able to discern
The thoughts and intentions of the heart,
The thoughts and intentions of the heart.
...The crowns that thou might have won!
I thought, I thought—and my thoughts ran on,
Like the tide of a sunless sea—...
The crowns that thou might have won!
I thought, I thought—and my thoughts ran on,
Like the tide of a sunless sea—
...And though most weak our efforts seem
Into one creed these thoughts to bind,
And vain the intellectual dream,...
And though most weak our efforts seem
Into one creed these thoughts to bind,
And vain the intellectual dream,
...The dawn of this returning day;
My thoughts, O God, ascend to Thee,
While thus my early vows I pay....
The dawn of this returning day;
My thoughts, O God, ascend to Thee,
While thus my early vows I pay.
...Hearing what I say;
Knowing all my thoughts and deeds,
All my work and play....
Hearing what I say;
Knowing all my thoughts and deeds,
All my work and play.
...Search me, O God, and know my heart,
Try me, my thoughts to know;
O lead me, if in sin I stray,...
Search me, O God, and know my heart,
Try me, my thoughts to know;
O lead me, if in sin I stray,
...O give us space to seek for grace
In happy thoughts of Thee.
Yet hear us, little though we ask,...
O give us space to seek for grace
In happy thoughts of Thee.
Yet hear us, little though we ask,
...Even then there come to vex me
Thoughts I do not love or seek,
Proving that my faith is wavering,...
Even then there come to vex me
Thoughts I do not love or seek,
Proving that my faith is wavering,
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Many thoughts stir my heart as I ponder alone;
Many places attract me with charms all their own;...
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Many thoughts stir my heart as I ponder alone;
Many places attract me with charms all their own;
...Was ordered ere my days began.
Thy thoughts, O God, how manifold,
More precious unto me than gold!...
Was ordered ere my days began.
Thy thoughts, O God, how manifold,
More precious unto me than gold!
...Fill thy memory today;
Longing thoughts of loving faces—
Thoughts of dear ones far away....
Fill thy memory today;
Longing thoughts of loving faces—
Thoughts of dear ones far away.
...Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my thoughts;
And see if there be any wicked way in me;...
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my thoughts;
And see if there be any wicked way in me;
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