A Morning Hymn

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When I awake from slumber

Author: Louis F. Benson (1897)
Tune: CARA
Published in 3 hymnals

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1. When I awake from slumber
To greet the golden day,
Then teach me, Lord, to number
Its hours in wisdom’s way.

2. When clouds at dawn are gleaming,
Lift up mine answering eyes
To where Thy light is streaming
On faith’s high enterprise.

3. While all the heights are calling
And skies are blithe and blue,
Keep Thou my feet from falling,
My heart’s ambitions true.

4. Let simple pleasures cheer me
When every goal seems far;
Reveal Thyself as near me
As life and duty are.

5. And when the light is fading,
If dreams have not come true,
Yet breathe Thy peace pervading
The twilight through and through.

6. When life’s long day is ended
And shadows closer creep,
Lord, let me feel befriended
Before I go to sleep.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #7463

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Author: Louis F. Benson

Benson, Louis FitzGerald, D.D., was born at Philadelphia, Penn., July 22, 1855, and educated at the University of Penn. He was admitted to the Bar in 1877, and practised until 1884. After a course of theological studies he was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, in 1888. His pastorate of the Church of the Redeemer, Germantown, Phila., extended from his ordination in 1888 to 1894, when he resigned and devoted himself to literary and Church work at Philadelphia. He edited the series of Hymnals authorised for use by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., as follows:— (1) The Hymnal, Phila., 1895; (2) The Chapel Hymnal, 1898; and (3) The School Hymnal, 1899. Dr. Benson's hymnological writings are somewh… Go to person page >

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First Line:	When I awake from slumber
Title:	A Morning Hymn
Author:	Louis F. Benson (1897)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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CARA

AURELIA

Composed by Samuel S. Wesley (PHH 206), AURELIA (meaning "golden") was published as a setting for “Jerusalem the Golden” in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was compiled by Charles Kemble and Wesley in 1864. Though opinions vary concerning the tune's merits (Henry J. Gauntlett once condemned…

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