The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#928

928. As the sweet flower which scents the morn

1 As the sweet flower that scents the morn,
But withers in the rising day,
Thus lovely was this infant's dawn,
Thus swiftly fled its life away.

2 It died ere its expanding soul
Had ever burned with wrong desires,
Had ever spurned high Heaven's control,
Or ever quenched its sacred fires.

3 It died to sin, it died to cares,
But for a moment felt the rod:
O mourner, such the Lord declares,
Such are the children of our God.

Text Information

• First Line: As the sweet flower which scents the morn
• Author: John W. Cunningham
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: MALVERN
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #924 or 918.