The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#515

515. Still, Still with Thee, When Purple Morning Breaketh

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 breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.

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

4 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,
When the soul waketh, and life’s shadows flee;
O for that hour when fairer than the dawning
Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh
• Title: Still, Still with Thee, When Purple Morning Breaketh
• Author: Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe (1855)
• Meter: 11 10, 11 10.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Psalm 17:15
• Topic: Hope and Aspiration; Morning
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: WILLINGHAM
• Composer: Frantz Abt, (1819-1885).
• Meter: 11 10, 11 10.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.