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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Sun of my soul thou Savior dear (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Sun of my soul thou Savior dear

Topic: The New Life/Submission and Deliverance

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

Composer: T Perkins

Meter:

Tune: We Are Too Far From Thee

Hymn Number: 672

Page Number: 245, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Sun of my soul! thou Savior dear,

It is not night if thou be near:

Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise

To hide thee from thy servant's eyes!



When soft the dews of kindly sleep

My wearied eyelids gently steep,

Be my last thought--how sweet to rest

Forever on my Savior's breast!



Abide with me from morn till eve,

For without thee I can not live;

Abide with me when night is nigh,

For without thee I dare not die.



Be near to bless me when I wake,

Ere through the world my way I take;

Abide with me till in thy love

I lose myself in heaven above.