"The Sun Arises Now"
             By Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1634-1703
                                  Text From:
                       THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. The sun arises now
        In light and glory
        And gilds the rugged brow
        Of mountains hoary,
        Be glad, my soul, and lift
        Thy voice in singing
        To God from earth below,
        Thy heart with joy aglow
        And praises ringing.

        2. Like countless grains of sand,
        Beyond all measure,
        And wide as sea and land
        Is Heaven's treasure
        Of grace which Christ, my Lord,
        Each day bestoweth,
        Which, like refreshing rain,
        Into my soul again
        Each morning floweth.

        3. Keep Thou my soul today
        From sin and blindness;
        Surround me on my way
        With loving-kindness
        And fill my heart, O God,
        With joy from heaven;
        I then shall ask no more
        Than what Thou hast of yore
        In wisdom given.

        4. Thou knowest best my needs,
        My sighs Thou heedest;
        Thy hand Thy children feeds,
        Thine own Thou leadest.
        What should I more desire,
        With Thee deciding
        The course that I must take,
        Than follow in the wake
        Where Thou art guiding?

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        Notes:
        Hymn #542 from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Ps. 145: 15
        Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo, 1699, cento
        Translated by: P.C. Paulsen, c. 1925, alt.
        Titled: "Nu rinder Solen op"
        Composer: Hartnack O.K. Zinck, 1801
        Tune: "Nu rinder Solen op"
        1st Published in: _Koralbog_
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