Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: God of the morning at whose voice
Topic: Morning
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 275
Page Number: 301, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod of the morning, at whose voice
The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And, like a giant, doth rejoice,
To run his journey thro' the skies.
From the fair chambers of the east,
The circuit of his race begins;
And without weariness or rest,
Round the whole earth he flies and shines.
O, like the sun, may I fulfill
Th' appointed duties of the day;
With ready mind and active will,
March on and keep my heav'nly way.
But shall I rove and lose the race,
If God, my sun, should disappear,
And leave me in this world's wide maze,
To follow ev'ry wand'ring star.
Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,
Enlight'ning our beclouded eyes;
Thy threat'nings just, thy promise sure,
Thy gospel makes the simple wise.
Give me thy counsel for my guide,
And then receive me to thy bliss;
All my desires and hopes beside,
Are faint and cold, compar'd with this.