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Come, my soul, thou must be waking
Now is breaking
O'er the earth another day:
Come, to him who made this splendour
See thou render
All thy feeble strength can pay.
Gladly hail the sun returning,
Ready burning
Be the incense of thy powers;
For the night is safely ended,
God hath tended
With his care thy helpless hours.
Pray that he may prosper ever
Each endeavour
When thine aim is good and true;
And that he may ever thwart thee,
And convert thee,
When thou evil wouldst pursue.
Think that he thy ways beholdeth;
He unfoldeth
Every fault that lurks within;
He the hidden shame glossed over
Can discover,
And discern each deed of sin.
Mayest thou on life's last morrow,
Free from sorrow,
Pass away in slumber sweet;
And, released from death's dark sadness,
Rise in gladness
That far brighter Sun to greet.
Only God's free gifts abuse not,
Light refuse not,
But his Spirit's voice obey;
Thou with him shalt dwell, beholding
Light enfolding
All things in unclouded day.
---Alternative verses---
Thou, too, hail the light returning
Ready burning
be the incense of thy powers;
For the night is safely ended,
God hath tended with His care
thy helpless hours.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 4 7 8 4 7
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Dates:
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1700,1838
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Bible Refs:
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Is 50:4;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1965 | # 38 | | 1962 | # 674 | | 1920 | # 3 | | 1954 | # 929 | | 1869 | # 7 | | 1916 | # 3 | | 1940 | # 154 | | 1961 | # 334 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HAYDN
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Meter:
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8 4 7 8 4 7
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1791
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ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 4 7 8 4 7 | | 8 8 8 8 r 4 7 | | 8 4 7 8 4 7 | | 8 4 7 8 4 7 |
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