16281 | The Cyber Hymnal#16282 | 16283 |
Text: | The Morn Of Life |
Author: | John Cross |
Tune: | PATIALA |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 The morn of life, how fair and gay!
How cheering and how new!
What hopes illume each opening day,
And brightens every view.
2 Youth’s ardent minds, with joy elate,
Elastic and sincere,
Suspect no ills that may await,
Nor yield a thought to fear.
3 But slippery is the path they tread,
In pleasure’s dangerous way;
A thousand snares around them spread,
And oft their feet betray.
4 How shall they, then, their course pursue,
On life’s uncertain road?
What friendly hand will point their view,
To duty and to God?
5 In God’s own word the way is sure,
And clear to every eye;
It leads them on a path secure
To brighter worlds on high.
6 Oh be this word their constant guide,
Their steadfast hope and trust!
It ne’er can fail, though all beside
Shall mingle with the dust.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The morn of life, how fair and gay! |
Title: | The Morn Of Life |
Author: | John Cross |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Hymns for the Use of Children Tract and Book Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John (Philadelphia: William Fry, printer, 1819) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PATIALA |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | The Sweet Singer by S. J. Goodenough and Karl Reden (New York: Carlton & Porter, 1863) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |