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Text: | Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear |
Author: | J. Keble, 1792-1866 |
Tune: | HURSLEY |
1 Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;
O may no earth-born cloud arise,
To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes!
2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
For ever on my Saviour's breast!
3 Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.
4 If some poor wandering child of Thine
Have spurned to-day the voice divine,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie down in sin.
5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
With blessings from Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infants' slumbers, pure and light.
6 Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take;
Till, in the ocean of Thy love,
We lose ourselves in heaven above.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear |
Author: | J. Keble, 1792-1866 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Abiding, presence of Christ; Christ: Abiding with Believers; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Evening(6 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HURSLEY |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1775 |