Author: Anne Steele
Year: 1760
This is one of the hymns written by the prominent 18th-century Baptist hymnwriter Anne Steele (1717–1778). It first appeared in her 1760 collection "Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional" under the title "Ye fainting souls, lift up your eyes" (sometimes given as the first line of the longer hymn). No strong alternate attributions exist.