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
Tune Information
Name: VESPER
Composer: A. Chapin
Meter: S. M.
Key: A Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #558, 810, or 236.



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