Church Book ‎#513

513. We lift our hearts to Thee

1 We lift our hearts to Thee,
O Day-Star from on high!
The sun itself is but Thy shade,
Yet cheers both earth and sky.

2 O let Thy orient beams
The night of sin disperse;
The mists of error and of vice
Which shade the universe.

3 How beauteous nature now!
How dark and sad before!
With joy we view the pleasing change,
And nature’s God adore.

4 O may no gloomy crime
Pollute the rising day;
May Jesus’ Blood, like morning dew,
Wash all our stains away.

5 May we this life improve,
To mourn for errors past;
And live this short revolving day
As if it were our last.

Text Information

• First Line: We lift our hearts to Thee
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Morning; Christmas Day
• Source: Wesley's Psalms and Hymns, 1741, a.
• Notes: Alternate tune: #155 or #425

Tune Information

• Name: DENNIS
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Composer from index: Dr. L. Mason from Nägeli