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8. God's omnipresence. Psalm 139.

O, whither from thy Spirit shall I go?

Or whither from thine eye shall I repair?

Thou, Lord, if I ascend to heav'n, art there;

And there, if I lie down in grave below:

Or if the wings of morning on me grow,

And with the speed of light I pierce the air

And find the shores, which India's billows wear—

Ev'n there thy presence will around me flow.—

If I should say—"night's veil will me conceal;"

Yet in thy view the darkness shall be light,

And deepest gloom will shine like flood of day.—

Thy presence, Lord, then let me ever feel

Each budding, sinful aim and thought to blight,

And urge to deeds of holy, blest array.