Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Hosanna with a cheerful sound
Topic: Morning
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 274
Page Number: 300, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHosanna with a cheerful sound,
To God's upholding hand;
Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And yet secure we stand.
That was a most amazing pow'r,
That rais'd us with a word;
And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour,
We lean upon the Lord.
The evening rests our weary head,
And angels guard the room;
We wake, and we admire the bed,
That was not made our tomb.
The rising morning can't assure
That we shall end the day;
For death stands ready at the door,
To seize our lives away.
Our breath is forfeited by sin,
To God's avenging law;
We own thy grace, immortal King,
In eve'ry gasp we draw.
God is our sun, whose daily light,
Our joy and safety brings;
Our feeble flesh lies safe at night,
Beneath his shady wings.