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166. MORNING HYMN

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​Author:  Albert Knapp, 1826 (1798-1864)
​Composer:  Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836)​

1. O, how lovely is the morning,
    When it is begun with God;
    Joy and thanks our hearts adorning,
    As behooves a child of God,
    Waking after night so fair
    In the Maker’s gentle care,
    Rising without grief or sorrow
    To a new and joyful morrow.
 
2. Let our eyes be raised to heaven
    Where the sun is shining bright,
    And on hill and dale and meadow
    Is dispensing life and light;
    But far more than sun in space
    Beams the Saviour’s kindly face;
    Truth and kindness, peaceful nearness
    Shine out in eternal clearness.
 
3. Even as the springtime flowers
    Grow beneath the sun’s warm rays,
    So the Lord by His own powers
    Makes us garlands for His praise;
    He invites most lovingly:
    Little children, come to Me!
    All should truly know Him ever,
    Call Him Brother, Lord, and Saviour!
 
4. This day also He will guide us,
    In our work His help provide,
    And on wisdom’s ways He’ll lead us,
    Standing ever by our side,
    That on this whole blessed day
    No mishap can come our way;
    And that under His rich blessing
    Night will find us sweetly resting.
 
5. Through His grace made sweet and easy,
    We’ll His teachings understand,
    When he on the path of duty
    Gently leads us by the hand.
    O, how blest the child that may
    In His grace begin the day,
    Whose desire and wish is wholly
    By His love to be made holy.
 
6. Come then, Lord of life eternal,
    Step into our midst, we pray;
    Help that we may not be merely
    Hearers of Thy Word today.
    To our teacher, O, be near;
    Bless the children gathered here;
    May we thrive in fullest measure,
    And Thy heart in us find pleasure!

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Special thanks to the Apostolic Christians who diligently labored to keep their rich musical heritage alive when most other denominations forsook it in the challenging battle of changing cultures.
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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!

Above all, thanks, praise, and glory be to GOD!
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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements