Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Once more my soul the rising day
Topic: Morning Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 270
Page Number: 349, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsONCE more, my soul, the rising day
Salutes my waking eyes;
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay
To Him who rules the skies.
Night unto night his name repeats;
The day that renews the sound,
Wide as the heavens on which he sits,
To turn the season round.
How many wretched souls have fled
Since the last setting sun!
And yet thou length'nest out my thread,
And yet my moments run.
Great God, let all my hours be thine,
While I enjoy the light;
Then shall my sun in smiles decline,
And bring a peaceful night.