SUN OF MY SOUL
1. Sun of my soul,
Thou Savior dear,
It is not night if
Thou be near;
Oh, may no
earth-born cloud arise,
To hide Thee from
Thy servant's eyes.
2. When the soft
dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently
steep,
Be my last thought
how sweet to rest
Forever on my
Savior's breast.
3. Abide with me
from morn till eve.
For without Thee I cannot
live;
Abide with me when
night is nigh,
For without Thee I
dare not die.
4. If some poor
wandering child of Thine
Has spurned today
the voice divine,
Now, Lord, the
gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie
down in sin.
5. Watch by the
sick, enrich the poor
With blessings from
Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's
sleep tonight,
Like infant's
slumbers, pure and light.
6. Come near, and
bless us when we wake,
Ere through the
world our way we take;
Till in the ocean
of Thy love
We lose ourselves
in Thee above.
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