O God, your world is sweet with prayer;
The breath of Christ is in the air;
We rise on your free Spirit’s wings,
And every thought within us sings.
The breath of Christ is in the air;
We rise on your free Spirit’s wings,
And every thought within us sings.
You are our Morning and our Sun,
Our work is glad, in God begun;
Our foot-worn path is fresh with dew,
For you created all things new.
Our work is glad, in God begun;
Our foot-worn path is fresh with dew,
For you created all things new.
O God, within us and above,
Close to us in the Christ we love,
Through him, our only guide and way,
May heavenly life be ours today!
Close to us in the Christ we love,
Through him, our only guide and way,
May heavenly life be ours today!
Lucy Larcom, 1892; alt.
Hymnwriter Lucy Larcom overcame a difficult youth of manual labor to become a
teacher, editor, and a widely-published poet and author. In this text she widens the
concept of God with the names of "Morning" and "Sun."
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