Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Sun of my soul thou Saviour dear
Topic: The New Life/Private Devotions
Writer: <no first name given> Keble
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 978
Page Number: 580, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSun of my soul! thou Saviour dear,
It is not night if thou be near:
O, 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
For ever on my Saviour'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.