4 Soon we shall see that glorious light
Which to the saints is given,
So sweet, so fair, so passing bright,
The eternal morn of heaven.
5 O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God in Persons Three,
Grant us, with all Thy ransomed host,
To share that morn with Thee.
W every morning is the love
Our wakening and uprising prove;
Through sleep and darkness safely brought,
Restored to life, and power, and thought.
2 New mercies, each returning day,
Hover around us while we pray;
New perils past, new sins forgiven,
New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
3 If on our daily course our mind
Be set to hallow all we find,
New treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
4 The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we need to ask;
Room to deny our ourselves; a road
To bring us daily nearer God.
5 Seek we no more content with these,
Let present rapture, comfort, ease,
As Heaven shall bid them, come and go;
The secret, this, of rest below.
6 Only, O Lord! in Thy dear love
Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us this, and every day,
To live more nearly as we pray. Keble, 1827.
JESU! Lord of heavenly grace, Thou brightness of Thy Father's face, Thou fountain of eternal light,
Whose beams disperse the shades of night!
2 Come, Holy Sun of heavenly love!
Pour down Thy radiance from above;
And to our inward hearts convey
The Holy Spirit's cloudless ray.
3 And God the Father's help we claim,
And sing the Father's glorious Name;
His powerful succour we implore,
That we may stand, to fall no more.
4 May faith, deep rooted in the soul,
Subdue our flesh, our minds control;
May guile depart, and discord cease,
And all within be joy and peace.
5 O hallowed be the approaching day!
Let meekness be our morning ray,
And faithful love our noon-day light,
And hope our sunset, calm and bright.
Chandler, from St. Ambrose.
SUN of truth and glory!
O bright and morning star!
Thy love this day be o'er me,
My comfort, my desire.
As morn by morn I waken,
And labour through the day,
Rise in my heart, O Saviour,
And cheer me on my way.
2 Thou whose Almighty favour
Preserved me through the night,
In whom I calmly slumbered,
Reposing in Thy might,
Whose love is like the morning,
Whose blessing early dew,
Awake me with Thy mercy,
My hope and strength renew.
3 Thou who didst guide Thine Israel
Upon the desert road,
And from the heat didst hide them
With Thine o'ershadowing cloud,
So through my life be near me,
All weary, faint, oppressed,
Each day protect and shield me,
And give in toil Thy rest.
4 Thus day by day, my Saviour,
Thy heavenly strength impart ;
O sanctify my labour,
O purify my heart!
Till all created nature
Be clothed with endless day,
Until the Morning breaketh,
And shadows flee away.
CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near!
Daystar, in my heart appear!
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return
Till Thy mercy's beams I see,
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes and warm my heart.
3 Visit, then, this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief,
Fill me, Radiancy Divine,
Scatter all my unbelief,
More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day!
WHEN, streaming from the eastern skies,
The morning light salutes my eyes,
Thou Sun of righteousness divine,
On me with beams of mercy shine;
Chase the dark clouds of guilt away,
And turn my darkness into day!
2 When to heaven's great and glorious King My morning sacrifice I bring,
And, mourning o'er my guilt and shame,
Ask mercy in my Saviour's name,
Then, Jesu, sprinkle with Thy blood,
And be my advocate with God!
3 As every day Thy mercy spares
Will bring its trials or its cares,
O Saviour, till my life shall end,
Be Thou my counsellor and friend;
Teach me Thy precepts all divine,
And be Thy great example mine!
4 When each day's scenes and labours close,
And wearied nature seeks repose,
With pardoning mercy richly blest,
Guard me, my Saviour, while I rest;
And, as each morning sun shall rise,
O lead me onward to the skies!
5 And, at my life's last setting sun,
My conflicts o'er, my labours done,
Jesu, Thine heavenly radiance shed,
To cheer and bless my dying bed:
And from death's gloom my spirit raise,
To see Thy face, and sing Thy praise!
Glenelg
JESUS, Sun of Righteousness,
Brightest beam of Love Divine !
With the early morning rays
Do Thou on our darkness shine,
And dispel with purest light
All our night!
2 As on drooping herb and flower
Falls the soft refreshing dew,
Let Thy Spirit's grace and power
All our weary souls renew,
Showers of blessing over all
Softly fall!
3 Like the sun's reviving ray,
May Thy love, with tender glow,
All our coldness melt away,
Warm and cheer us forth to go,
Gladly serve Thee and obey
All the day!
4 O our only Hope and Guide,
Never leave us, nor forsake;
Keep us ever at Thy side
Till the eternal morning break,
Moving on to Zion's hill
Homeward still!
5 Lead us all our days and years
In Thy straight and narrow way;
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