Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Since first thy word awaked my heart
Topic: The Gospel/Remission of Sins
Writer: <no first name given> Moore
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s peculiar
Tune:
Hymn Number: 407
Page Number: 248, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSince first thy word awaked my heart
Like light new dawning o'er me,
Where'er I turn my eyes, thou art
All light and love before me.
Naught else I feel, or hear, or see,
All bounds or earth I sever;
Thee, O my Lord, and only thee,
I live for, now, and ever.
Like him whose fetters dropped away
When light shone o'er his prison,
My soul, now touch'd by mercy's ray,
Hath from its chains arisen.
And shall the soul thou bidst be free
Return to bondage? Never!
Thee, O my God, and only thee,
I live for, now, and ever.