Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Eternal Source of ev'ry joy
Topic: Providence
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Song 32
Page Number: 155, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsETERNAL Source of ev'ry joy!
Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear
To hail thee, Sov'reign of the year.
Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports and guides the whole!
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when to veil the skies.
The flow'ry spring at thy command
Perfumes the air and paints the land;
The summer rays with vigor shine
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.
Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours,
Through all our coasts, redundant stores;
And winters, soften'd by thy care,
No more the face of horror wear.
Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days,
Demand successive songs of praise;
And be the grateful homage paid,
With morning light and ev'ning shade.
Here in thy house let incense rise,
And days of gladness bless our eyes,
Till to those lofty heights we soar,
Where days and years revolve no more.