On Thee My Hopes Repose

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When morning lights the eastern skies, Thy mercy, Lord, disclose

Published in 19 hymnals

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	Ah, Holy Jesus!

Representative Text

1 When morning lights the eastern skies,
Thy mercy, Lord, disclose;
And let Thy loving kindness rise;
On Thee my hopes repose.

Refrain:
On Thee my hopes repose,
On Thee my hopes repose,
And let Thy loving kindness rise;
On Thee my hopes repose.

2 Teach me the way where I should go;
I lift my soul to Thee;
Redeem me from the raging foe;
To Thee, O Lord, I flee. [Refrain]

3 Because Thou art my God, I pray,
Teach me to do Thy will;
O lead me in the perfect way,
By Thy good Spirit still. [Refrain]

4 Revive me, Lord, for Thy great name,
And for Thy judgment's sake;
From all my woes, O lord, reclaim,
My soul from trouble take. [Refrain]

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #612

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First Line:	When morning lights the eastern skies, Thy mercy, Lord, disclose
Title:	On Thee My Hopes Repose
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	On Thee my hopes repose
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 143
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Tune

[When morning lights the eastern skies] (Young)

MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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