The Lord’s mercies…are new every morning.
Lamentations 3:22–23
Words: Greville Phillimore, The Parish Hymn Book 1863.
Music: Every Morning Edward J. Hopkins, 1872 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Phillimore (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Every morning mercies new
Fall as fresh as morning dew;
Every morning let us pay
Tribute with the early day:
For Thy mercies, Lord, are sure;
Thy compassion doth endure.
Still the greatness of Thy love
Daily doth our sins remove;
Daily, far as east from west,
Lifts the burden from the breast;
Gives unbought to those who pray
Strength to stand in evil day.
Let our prayers each morn prevail,
That these gifts may never fail;
And, as we confess the sin
And the tempter’s power within,
Every morning, for the strife,
Feed us with the Bread of Life.
As the morning light returns,
As the sun with splendor burns,
Teach us still to turn to Thee,
Ever blessèd Trinity,
With our hands our hearts to raise,
In unfailing prayer and praise.