The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#557

557. 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 O 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.

Text Information

• First Line: We lift our hearts to thee
• Author: John Wesley
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Family Devotion
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: VESPER
• Composer: A. Chapin
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #558, 810, or 236.