Christ in Song ‎#668

668. Still, Still With Thee

1 Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than the daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee!

2 Alone with Thee, amid the mystic shadows,
The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee, in holy adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.

3 As in the dawning, o'er the waveless ocean,
The image of the morning star doth rest;
So in this stillness Thou beholdest only
Thine image mirrored in my peaceful breast.

4 When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber,
Its closing eye looks up to Thee in pray'r;
Sweet the repose beneath Thy wings o'ershading,
But sweeter still, to wake and find Thee there.

5 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,
When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee;
Oh, in that glad hour, fairer than day dawning,
Shall rise the glorious tho't, I am with Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh
• Title: Still, Still With Thee
• Author: Mrs. H. B. Stowe
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Christ: Christ With Us

Tune Information

• Name: BARNES
• Composer: F. E. Belden
• Meter: 11s. 10s.
• Key: E♭ Major