Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: To thee let my first off'rings rise
Topic: The Home/Morning Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1183
Page Number: 711, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTo thee let my first off'rings rise,
Whose sun creates the day;
Swift as his glad'ning influence flies,
And spotless as his ray.
This day thy fav'ring hand be nigh,
So oft vouchsaf'd before:
Still my it lead, protect, supply,
And I that hand adore.
If bliss thy providence impart,
For which, resign'd, I pray;
Give me to feel the grateful heart,
And thus thy love repay.
Afflictions should thy love intend,
As vice or folly's cure.
Patient to gain that glorious end,
May I the means endure!
Be this and ev'ry future day
Still wiser than the past,
And when I all my life survey,
May grace sustain at last.