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Text:Behold the Morning Sun
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:CHESWORTH
Composer:J. F. S. Doering
Media:MIDI file

595. Behold the Morning Sun

1. Behold, the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;
His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

2. But where the Gospel comes
It spreads diviner light;
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

3. How perfect is Thy Word!
And all Thy judgments just!
For ever sure Thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

4. My gracious God, how plain
Are Thy directions giv’n!
O may I never read in vain,
But find the path to Heav’n!

5. I hear Thy word with love,
And I would fain obey:
Send Thy good Spirit from above
To guide me, lest I stray.

6. O who can ever find
The errors of his ways?
Yet with a bold, presumptuous mind
I would not dare transgress.

7. Warn me of every sin,
Forgive my secret faults,
And cleanse this guilty soul of mine,
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts.

8. While with my heart and tongue
I spread Thy praise abroad,
Accept the worship and the song,
My Savior and my God.

Text Information
First Line: Behold, the morning sun
Title: Behold the Morning Sun
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: The Psalms of David, 1719
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CHESWORTH
Composer: J. F. S. Doering (before 1845)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 55515 66662 71322
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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