The Worshipbook ‎#404

404. God, Who Made the Earth and Heaven

1 God, who made the earth and heaven,
Darkness and light,
Who the day for toil has given,
For rest the night,
May your loving care defend us,
Slumber sweet your mercy send us;
Holy dreams and hopes attend us,
This livelong night.

2 When the constant sun returning
Unseals our eyes,
May we, reborn like the morning,
To labor rise;
Gird us for the tasks that call us,
Let not ease and self enthrall us.
Make us strong whate'er befall us,
O God most wise!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God, who made the earth and heaven
• Title: God, Who Made the Earth and Heaven
• Author (stanza 1): Reginald Heber (1827, alt. 1972)
• Author (stanza 2): Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1912, alt. 1972)
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Acts 14:15
• Topic: Acts of the Church: Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral; Civil Year: Labor Day

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