Scripture Verse

He wakens me morning by morning. Isaiah 50:4

Introduction

Words: Jane E. Liv­ock, 1880. These words, writ­ten for a prize com­pe­ti­tion, were first pub­lished in the Sun­day School Chro­ni­cle, then in the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church Hym­nal, 1887.

Music: Bra­con­dale, Jo­si­ah Booth (1852–1929) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Josiah Booth (1852–1929)

Lyrics

My soul awake, thy rest for­sake,
And greet the morn­ing light!
With song arise, glad sac­ri­fice
For mer­cies of the night.

With cour­age dressed, strong-heart­ed, blest,
Fulfill thy work abroad;
Fearless and true, thy way pur­sue,
A hap­py child of God.

Amid the strife of dai­ly life,
Amid its noon­tide heat,
Fear not to miss thy sec­ret bliss—
The rest of son­ship sweet.

In li­ber­ty of ho­ly glee,
Accept thy child­hood’s part;
And thou shalt find, by faith en­shrined,
The Fa­ther in thy heart.