A Book of Hymns and Tunes #134
Display Title: In the morning I will pray For God's blessing First Line: In the morning I will pray For God's blessing Author: William Henry Furness Date: 1860
A Book of Hymns and Tunes #134
In the morning I will pray
For God’s blessing on the day;
What this day shall be my lot,
Light or darkness, know I not.
Should it be with clouds o’ercast,
Clouds of sorrow, gathering fast,
Thou, who givest light divine,
Shine within me, Lord, O, shine!
Show me, if I tempted be,
How to find all strength in Thee,
And a perfect triumph win
Over every bosom sin.
Keep my feet from secret snares,
Keep mine eyes, O God, from tears!
Every step Thy love attend,
And my soul from death defend!
Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #364
Furness, William Henry, D.D., born in Boston, 1802, and graduated at Harvard in Arts and Theology, 1820. From 1825 he has been an Unitarian Pastor in Philadelphia. He is an accomplished scholar, and has been an active worker in reforms of various kinds. His publications are numerous and
include a Manual of Domestic Worship, 1840, and a translation of Schiller's Song of the Bell.
His hymns are somewhat numerous, and several of them have great merit. The best and most widely used are:—
1. Father in heaven, to Thee my heart. Resignation. Appeared in The Christian Disciple, 1822. It was repeated in this form in some of the older collections, and a few modern hymnals, including the Boston Unitarian Hymns [& Tune] Book, 1868.… Go to person page >| First Line: | In the morning I will pray For God's blessing on the day |
| Author: | William Henry Furness |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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