Morning Hymn

O Lord of life, thy quickening voice             Awakes my morning song!         In gladsome words I would rejoice             That I to thee belong.         I see thy light, I feel thy wind;             The world, it is thy word;         Whatever wakes my heart and mind,             Thy presence is, my Lord.         The living soul which I call me             Doth love, and long to know;         It is a thought of living thee,             Nor forth of thee can go.         Therefore I choose my highest part,             And turn my face to thee;         Therefore I stir my inmost heart             To worship fervently.         Lord, let me live and will this day--             Keep rising from the dead;         Lord, make my spirit good and gay--             Give me my daily bread.         Within my heart, speak, Lord, speak on,             My heart alive to keep,         Till comes the night, and, labour done,             In thee I fall asleep.