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On Thee My Hopes Repose

When morning lights the eastern skies, Thy mercy, Lord, disclose

Tune: [When morning lights the eastern skies] (Young)
Published in 16 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 When morning lights the eastern skies,
Thy mercy, Lord, disclose;
And let Thy loving kindness rise;
On Thee my hopes repose.

Refrain:
On Thee my hopes repose,
On Thee my hopes repose,
And let Thy loving kindness rise;
On Thee my hopes repose.

2 Teach me the way where I should go;
I lift my soul to Thee;
Redeem me from the raging foe;
To Thee, O Lord, I flee. [Refrain]

3 Because Thou art my God, I pray,
Teach me to do Thy will;
O lead me in the perfect way,
By Thy good Spirit still. [Refrain]

4 Revive me, Lord, for Thy great name,
And for Thy judgment's sake;
From all my woes, O lord, reclaim,
My soul from trouble take. [Refrain]

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #612

Text Information

First Line: When morning lights the eastern skies, Thy mercy, Lord, disclose
Title: On Thee My Hopes Repose
Language: English
Refrain First Line: On Thee my hopes repose
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[When morning lights the eastern skies] (Young)


MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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Instances

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Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #645

Sacred Songs of the Church #493

Include 14 pre-1979 instances
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