Hymn
Summer Suns Are Glowing
Summer suns are glowing
Over land and sea,
Happy light is flowing,
Bountiful and free.
Every thing rejoices
In the mellow rays
All earth's thousand voices
Swell the psalm of praise.
God's free mercy streameth
Over all the world,
And His banner gleameth,
Everywhere unfurled.
Broad and deep and glorious
As the heaven above,
Shines in might victorious
His eternal love.
Lord, upon our blindness
Thy pure radiance pour;
For Thy loving-kindness
Make us love Thee more.
And when clouds are drifting
Dark across our sky,
Then, the veil uplifting,
Father, be Thou nigh.
We will never doubt Thee,
Though Thou veil Thy light:
Life is dark without Thee;
Death with Thee is bright.
Light of Light! shine o'er us
On our pilgrim way,
Go Thou still before us
To the endless day.
Summer Suns Are Glowing — Text from The Church Hymnal, 1920. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/summer-suns-are-glowing
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Summer Suns Are Glowing?
The words of Summer Suns Are Glowing were written by William Walsham How; the version here was published in 1920. The library holds 5 more hymns by William Walsham How, including For all the Saints, who from their labor rest and O Word of God Incarnate.
Is Summer Suns Are Glowing public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Church Hymnal, published in 1920. 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 metre of Summer Suns Are Glowing?
Summer Suns Are Glowing is in 6.5.6.5 D. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Golden Harps Are Sounding, Savior, Blessed Savior and Christian! Dost Thou See Them.