Truth Reflects upon Our Senses
Author: Anon.; M. E. Abbey
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (49)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Ne e Ndiejm’ të Vërtetën
- Bulgarian: Сила дават ни словата
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: Modan-ag ang Kamatuoran
- Croatian: Duša čuje svete riječi
- Czech: Pravdu vnímáme svým srdcem
- Danish: Sandhed vil vort sind erkende
- Dutch: Waarheid spreekt tot onze zinnen
- English: Truth Reflects upon Our Senses
- English Braille: ⠠⠞⠗⠥⠹ ⠠⠗⠑⠋⠇⠑⠉⠞⠎ ⠥⠏⠕⠝ ⠠⠳⠗ ⠠⠎⠢⠎⠑⠎
- Estonian: Vaimus tõde tunnetame
- Fijian: Vakananuma Na Dina
- Finnish: Herran totuus sielussamme
- French: E Itehia te Parau Mau
- French (French Polynesia): E Itehia te Parau Mau
- German: Wahrheit strahlt im Herzen wider
- Greek: Η αλήθεια μάς φωτίζει
- Hawaiian: Hemolele Ka Manao
- Hmong: Kev Tseeb Ua Rau Peb Rov Qab Nco
- Hungarian: Az evangélium fényét
- Indonesian: Keb’naran Kita Hayati
- Italian: Se il Vangelo è nel tuo cuore
- Japanese: 真理，胸に照り
- Japanese (Hiragana): 真理，胸に照り
- Japanese (Kanji): 真理，胸に照り
- Kekchi: Eekʼanbʼil li yaal qabʼaan
- Khmer (Cambodian): ក្ដីពិតចាំងឆ្លុះចេញពីចិត្តយើង
- Korean: 진리 내 마음 비춰 주니
- Latvian: Patiesības gaisma
- Lithuanian: Pagaliau žmonėms sušvito
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Zhēnlǐ fǎnyìng
- Mandarin (Simplified): 真理反映
- Mandarin (Traditional): 真理反映
- Maori: Ki te Tika Ou Whakaaro
- Norwegian: Sannhets lys
- Polish: Pan nauczał nas tej prawdy
- Portuguese: A Verdade É Nosso Guia
- Romanian: Adevărul se reflectă
- Russian: Свет Евангелия
- Samoan: Tatou te Iloa Mea Tonu
- Spanish: Nuestra mente se refleja
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠝⠥⠑⠎⠞⠗⠁ ⠍⠢⠞⠑ ⠎⠑ ⠗⠑⠋⠇⠑⠚⠁
- Swedish: Sanningsljus, o bliv vår fackla
- Tagalog: Ang Katotohanan Sa Atin
- Tahitian: E Itehia te Parau Mau
- Thai: ความจริงสะท้อนความรู้สึกเรา
- Tongan: ʻOku Aata ʻa e Moʻoní
- Ukrainian: О, веди, веди нас, Боже
- Vietnamese: Lẽ Thật Xuất Phát Từ Tim Ta
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1833 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: Gillmore and P. Shepherd, Reformed Methodist Hymn Book, 3rd ed (Geneva, New York: J. Bagert, 1833).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840), no. 255.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Truth reflects upon our senses; Gospel light reveals to some. If there still should be offenses, Woe to them by whom they come! Judge not, that ye be not judged, Was the counsel Jesus gave; Measure given, large or grudged, Just the same you must receive.
Blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us, Till we reach that blissful shore Where the angels wait to join us In thy praise forevermore.
2. Jesus said, “Be meek and lowly,” For ’tis high to be a judge; If I would be pure and holy, I must love without a grudge. It requires a constant labor All his precepts to obey. If I truly love my neighbor, I am in the narrow way.
Blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us, Till we reach that blissful shore Where the angels wait to join us In thy praise forevermore.
3. Once I said unto another, “In thine eye there is a mote; If thou art a friend, a brother, Hold, and let me pull it out.” But I could not see it fairly, For my sight was very dim. When I came to search more clearly, In mine eye there was a beam.
Blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us, Till we reach that blissful shore Where the angels wait to join us In thy praise forevermore.
4. If I love my brother dearer, And his mote I would erase, Then the light should shine the clearer, For the eye’s a tender place. Others I have oft reproved For an object like a mote; Now I wish this beam removed; Oh, that tears would wash it out!
Blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us, Till we reach that blissful shore Where the angels wait to join us In thy praise forevermore.
5. Charity and love are healing; These will give the clearest sight; When I saw my brother’s failing, I was not exactly right. Now I’ll take no further trouble; Jesus’ love is all my theme; Little motes are but a bubble When I think upon the beam.
Blessed Savior, thou wilt guide us, Till we reach that blissful shore Where the angels wait to join us In thy praise forevermore.
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