Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Family Devotion

We lift our hearts to thee

  • No. 557
  • Words John Wesley.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

We lift our hearts to thee,O Day-star from on high!The sun itself is but thy shade,Yet cheers both earth and sky.

2

O let thy rising beamsThe night of sin disperse,—The mists of error and of viceWhich shade the universe.

3

How beauteous nature now!How dark and sad before!With joy we view the pleasing change,And nature's God adore.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «557» (large) in the right column of p. 182, below hymn 556, with the reference line «558, 810, 236.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 558, 810 or 236); the hymn ends with «John Wesley.» in italics at the foot of the right column. The first word «WE» is set as a capital W followed by «E» in small capitals. Stanzas are numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book). The print sets a thin space before «!» («high !», «now !», «before !»); it is closed up here. The printer's apostrophe is written straight («nature's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («Day-star», «beauteous»), punctuation («disperse,—») and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Family Devotion · No. 557 · printed page 182
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01