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My God, who makes the sun to know A morning song

Isaac Watts printed it in 1715 in Divine Songs for Children, Divine Songs, no. 25.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1715 Divine Songs for Children · no. 25

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

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STANZA I

My God, who makes the sun to know

His proper hour to rise;

And, to give light to all below,

Doth send him round the skies:

Its place in the book

Divine Songs holds these hymns in this order: 36 hymns. This is number 25. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 25 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN My God, who makes the sun to know

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