Scripture Verse

…every morning…and likewise at evening. 1 Chronicles 23:30

Introduction

Words: George Ro­gers, in the Uni­ver­sal­ist Hymn Book (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: R. P. Brooks, 1843).

Music: Schu­mann, from Can­ti­ca Lau­dis, by Lo­well Ma­son and George J. Webb (New York: Ma­son & Law, 1850) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ro­gers (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

Let songs of praise arise
To God at ear­ly morn,
When gold­en beams from east­ern skies
The mount­ain peaks adorn.

When plum­aged song­sters raise
Their var­ied notes of joy,
When blos­soms breathe their frag­rant praise,
Let praise our tongues em­ploy.

At noon­tide, too, O Lord,
Thy praise shall be our theme,
When floods of burn­ing light are poured
O’er mount­ain, vale and stream.

At even­ing’s star­lit hour,
Still be His praise ex­pressed,
When count­less stars of light,
His pow­er and watch­ful love at­test.