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Hymn: Behold the morning sun (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book

Date: 1815

Compiler: John Thompson et al

Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace

First Line: Behold the morning sun

Topic: Morning Hymns

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: SM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 251

Page Number: 215, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

BEHOLD the morning sun

Begins his glorious way;

His beams thro' all the nations run,

And light and life convey.



But when the gospel comes,

It spreads diviner light;

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,

And gives the blind their sight.



How perfect is they word,

And all they judgments just,

Forever sure thy promise, Lord,

And men securely trust.



My gracious God, how plain

Are they directions giv'n;

O may I never read in vain,

But find the path to heav'n.