The Cyber Hymnal ‎#10120

10120. God Of The Morning, At Whose Voice

1 God of the morning, at whose voice
The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And like a giant doth rejoice
To run his journey through the skies.

2 From the fair chambers of the east
The circuit of his race begins,
And, without weariness or rest,
Round the whole earth he flies and shines.

3 O like the sun may I fulfill
Th’appointed duties of the day,
With ready mind and active will
March on and keep my heav’nly way.

4 But I shall rove and lose the race,
If God, my Sun, should disappear,
And leave me in this world’s wild maze,
To follow every wand’ring star.

5 Lord, Thy commands are clean and pure,
Enlight’ning our beclouded eyes;
Thy threat’nings just, Thy promise sure,
Thy Gospel makes the simple wise.

6 Give me Thy counsel for my guide,
And then receive me to Thy bliss;
All my desires and hopes beside
Are faint and cold compared with this.

Text Information

• First Line: God of the morning, at whose voice
• Title: God Of The Morning, At Whose Voice
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, 1707
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: DUKE STREET
• Composer: John Hatton (1793)
• Meter: LM
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain