Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Behold the morning sun
Topic: The Gospel/The Proclamation
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 271
Page Number: 169, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBehold, the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;
His beams through all the nations run,
And light and life convey.
But where the gospel comes,
It spreads diviner light;
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.
How perfect is thy word!
And all thy judgments just!
For ever sure thy promise, Lord,
And we securely trust.
My gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions given!
O, may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heaven.