Above: St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Suwanee, Georgia, September 8, 2013
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Original Danish Words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634-1703)
English Translation by the Reverend P. C. Paulsen (1881-1948)
Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage
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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 the sea and land
Is Heaven’s treasure
Of grace which God anew
Each day bestoweth,
And which like pouring rain
Into my soul again
Each morning floweth.
3. He has throughout the night
My home surrounded
With angel hosts of light
And pow’r unbounded,
So I with mine did rest
In peaceful slumber
Until from deep repose
The day again arose
From darkness somber.
4. 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 has of yore
In wisdom given.
GATHERED PRAYERS 
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