511. We lift our hearts to Thee

1 We lift our hearts to Thee,
O Day-star from on high!
The sun itself is but Thy shade,
Yet cheers both earth and sky.

2 Oh, let Thy rising beams
The night of sin disperse,
The mists of error and of vice
Which shade the universe!

3 How beauteous nature now!
How dark and sad before!
With joy we view the pleasing change,
And nature’s God adore.

4 Oh, may no gloomy crime
Pollute the rising day;
Or Jesus’ blood, like evening dew,
Wash all our stains away.

5 To God, the Father, Son,
And Spirit, One in Three,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall for ever be.

Text Information
First Line: We lift our hearts to Thee
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1870
Topic: Morning; Worship: Family
Notes: Author from index: J. Wesley
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