Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Once more my soul the rising day
Topic: Morning Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 253
Page Number: 217, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONCE more, my soul, the rising day
Salutes thy waking eyes;
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay,
To him that rolls the skies.
Night unto night his name repeats,
The day renews the sound;
Wide as the heav'n on which he sits,
To turn the seasons round.
'Tis he supports my mortal frame,
My tongue shall speak his praise:
My sins would rouse his wrath to flame
And yet his wrath delays.
How many wretched souls have fled,
Since the last setting sun;
And yet thou lengthen'st out my thread
And yet my moments run.
Dear God, let all my hours be thine
While I enjoy the light;
Then shall my sin in smiles decline,
And bring a pleasant night.