1 Now from my bed of sleep I rise, My voice to God I raise; This is my morning sacrifice: To sing my maker's praise.
2 His blessed angels kept my guard! While sleeping here I lay; And by the mercies of my Lord, I see another day.
3 The night is fled and darkness gone, And I awake to see The day approach with heav'nly dawn, And blessings unto me.
4 While many of my fellow men, Lay on their dying bed! And thus oppress'd with mortal pain, Are number'd with the dead.
5 But I was spar'd and truly blest, What grade to me was shown! I lay secure in peace to rest To see the rising Sun.Source: Church Hymn Book: consisting of newly composed hymns with the addition of hymns and psalms, from other authors, carefully adapted for the use of public worship, and many other occasions (1st ed.) #CCXL