Resplendent sun! your bril­liant beams
Should make my heart con­fess
A deep­er awe of Him who is
Our Sun of Right­eous­ness.
O lit­tle star, that sweet­ly shines
In hea­ven like a gem,
Your light re­calls sal­va­tion’s star,
The Star of Beth­le­hem!

O fall­ing rain, your wel­come drops
Make droop­ing na­ture live;
Our Sav­ior to all thirst­ing souls
Water of life will give.
O flow­er, op­en­ing to the sun,
Teach my heart ne’er to close
To Him whose pure, sweet life was like
The li­ly and the rose.

O guile­less lamb, bring back to me
That life of toil and pain!
The suf­fer­ings of the heav’n­ly Lamb,
Who for my sins was slain.
Dear Sav­ior, may we love Thee so,
That all good things may be
But mir­rors, where our seek­ing eyes
Find im­ages of Thee!