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Spiritual melody
Spiritual melody, containing near three hundred sacred hymns. By Benjamin Keach, author of Trhopolgia, pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down, Southwark
London: printed for John Hancock, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1 The Morning Star it does appear, The day approaches now; See how Christ shines! how lovely, fair! O cast your eyes, see how
1 THe Morning Star it does appear, The day approaches now; See how Christ shines! how lovely, fair! O cast your eyes, see how
2 His light does sparkle brighter still, The day will quickly break, And until then he guide us will I' th' way that we should take.
3 None is so glorious in our sight As the sweet Morning-Star; Ah! thou out-shines it, art more bright Than all the Angels far.
4 The Morning-Star, that name is sweet, So is that name of thine; O with thy glorious beams let's meet, For they are all divine.