Wartburg Hymnal ‎#30

30. How lovely now the morning star

1 How lovely now the morning star
In twilight sky bright gleams afar!
While night her curtain raiseth;
Each creature hails, with ravished sight,
The glories of returning light,
And God its Maker praiseth.
Both far, and near,
All things living Thanks are giving,
There high soaring,

2 Then haste, my soul, thy song to raise,
Nor spare in thy Redeemer's praise
To pour thy due oblation;
For glory, Lord, to Thee belongs,
Thy praise resounds in grateful songs
With pious emulation;
Joy rings, Glad strings
Voices sounding, Hearts rebounding,
Thus all nature
Sings Thy praise, O great Creator.

3 Pour down Thy grace in cheering streams,
And warm my heart with mercy's beams
From heaven, Thy throne of beauty;
Let Thy good Spirit guide my will,
That I, whate'er my station, still
May seek my joy in duty.
Send light And might
That each measure, Scheme and pleasure,
Heavenward tending,
Still in Thee may find its ending.

4 Keep grief, if this may be, away;
If not, Thy will be done, I say,
My choice to thine resigning.
O come, and like the morning dew,
Refresh my heart, and make it new,
That I may, unrepining,
Bear cross And loss,
Till that morrow, Chase all sorrow,
When upraiséd
Where Thy name is ever praiséd.

5 Meanwhile, my heart, both sing and leap,
'Mid cross and loss good courage keep,
To heaven's bright gate you hasten;
Then lay desponding care aside,
God ever thus His own hath tried,
And those He loves doth chasten;
Hope still Midst ill,
Calm, though grieving, Firm believing
Tribulation
Is the road to sure salvation.

Text Information

• First Line: How lovely now the morning star
• Translator: F. E. Cox
• Author: J. Stegmann.
• Publication Date: 1918
• Topic: Morning
• Notes: Translated from "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" Tune: WIE SCHON LEUCHTET DER MORGENSTERN

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