Self-Examination

Verse 1

What strange perplexities arise, What anxious fears and jealousies! What crowds in doubtful light appear, How few, alas, approved and clear!

Verse 2

And what am I?--my soul, awake, And an impartial survey take. Does no dark sign, no ground of fear, In practice or in heart appear?

Verse 3

What image does my spirit bear? Is Jesus formed and living there? Ah, do His lineaments divine In thought, and word, and action shine?

Verse 4

Searcher of hearts, O search me still; The secrets of my soul reveal; My fears remove; let me appear To God and my own conscience clear!