The Christian — Family Devotion

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear

No. 546
Metre C. M.
Tune MEAR.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music Aaron Williams,
Key F major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hearMy voice ascending high;To thee will I direct my prayer,To thee lift up mine eye,—

Up to the hills where Christ is goneTo plead for all his saints,Presenting at his Father's throneOur songs and our complaints.

O may thy Spirit guide my feetIn ways of righteousness!Make every path of duty straightAnd plain before my face.

The men that love and fear thy nameShall see their hopes fulfilled;The mighty God will compass themWith favor as a shield.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «546» (large), tune name «MEAR. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «AARON WILLIAMS,» at the right (capitals and small capitals, ending in a comma). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves: «1. Lord, in the morn - ing thou shalt hear My voice as - cend - ing high;» under system 1 and «To thee will I di - rect my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye,—» under system 2. The reference line «550, 354, 114.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 550, 354 and 114). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2», «3», «4» without periods (written «2.», «3.», «4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («high ;», «righteousness !», «fulfilled ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling («favor»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.