Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: See how the mounting sun
Topic: Morning Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 252
Page Number: 216, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSEE how the mounting sun
Pursues his shining way:
And wide proclaims his Maker's praise,
With ev'ry bright'ning ray.
Thus would my rising soul
Its heav'nly Parent sing;
And to its great Original
The humble tribute bring.
Serene I laid me down,
Beneath his guardian care;
I slept, and I awoke and found
My kind Preserver near.
Thus does thine arm support
This weak defenseless frame;
But whence these favors, Lord, to me,
All worthless as I am?
O how shall I repay
The bounties of my God?
My feeble spirit pants beneath
The pleasing happy load.
My life I would anew
Devote, O Lord, to thee;
And in thy service I would spend
A long eternity.