Hymnal for Church and Home ‎#123

123. The Sun Now Shines In All Its Splendor

1 The sun now shines in all its splendor,
The light of life with mercy tender;
Now bright Whitsunday lilies grow
And summer sparkles high and low;
Sweet voices sing of harvest gold
In Jesus’ name, a thousand fold.

2 The peaceful nightingales are filling
The summer-night with music thrilling,
So all that to the Lord belong
May sleep in peace and wake with song,
May dream of life beyond the skies
And with God’s praise at daylight rise.

3 It breathes from heaven on the flowers,
It whispers home-like in the bowers,
A balmy breeze comes to our shore
From Paradise, now closed no more,
And gently purls a brooklet sweet
Of life’s clear water at our feet.

4 This works the Spirit, still descending
And tongues of fire to mortals lending,
That broken hearts may yet be heal'd,
And truth may be in love revealed
In Him, who came from yonder land
And has return'd to God’s right hand.

5 Awake, ye voices, deep and ringing,
And anthems to the Lord be singing;
Your beauties lend, ye varied tongues,
To praise His name in joyful songs,
And ye, His church, with one accord
Arise and glorify the Lord.

Text Information

• First Line: The sun now shines in all its splendor
• Title: The Sun Now Shines In All Its Splendor
• Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig
• Meter: 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1927
• Topic: Pentecost
• Notes: Danish first line: I al sin Glans nu straaler Solen; Translator: S. D. Rodholm

Tune Information

• Name: [The sun now shines in all its splendor]
• Composer: H. Rung
• Meter: 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8.
• Key: F Major