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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: The morning light returns (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: The morning light returns

Topic: The Home/Morning Hymns

Writer: A Hayden

Composer:

Meter: SM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1185

Page Number: 712, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

The morning light returns,

The sun begins to shine;

Now let our souls in haste arise,

To run the race divine.



We praise the Father's love.

Who kept us through the night;

O may his kindness be our song,

His pleasure our delight.



While passing through this day,

Lord, we implore thy care,

To guide us on the heav'nly way,

And guard from ev'ry snare.



And when our life shall close,

O may it be in peace;

May we lie down in sweet repose,

And wake in endless bliss.