The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#540

540. My opening eyes with rapture see

1 My opening eyes with rapture see
The light of thy returning day;
My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee
While thus my early vows I pay.

2 I yield my heart to thee alone,
Nor would receive another guest:
Eternal King, erect thy throne,
And reign sole monarch in my breast.

3 O, bid this trifling world retire,
And drive each carnal thought away;
Nor let me feel one vain desire,
One sinful thought, through all the day.

4 Then, to thy courts when I repair,
My soul shall rise on joyful wing,
The wonders of thy love declare,
And join the strains which angels sing.

Text Information

• First Line: My opening eyes with rapture see
• Author: Elizabeth Scott
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Family Devotion
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: HEBRON
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: 47, 212, or 104.