Hymn
Morning
- Writer
- John Wesley
- Occasion
- Morning
We lift our hearts to thee,
O Day-star from on high!
The sun itself is but thy shade,
Yet cheers both earth and sky.
O let thy rising beams
The night of sin disperse,
The mists of error and of vice
Which shade the universe.
How beauteous nature now!
How dark and sad before!
With joy we view the pleasing change,
And nature's God adore.
Morning — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/morning-2
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Morning?
The words of Morning were written by John Wesley; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 12 more hymns by John Wesley, including Lo! God is here let us adore and The Pilgrim's Happy Lot.
Is Morning public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of Morning?
Morning is in Short Meter (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Soldiers of Christ, Arise, Behold the Throne of Grace! and Invoking the Spirit.