The Sun Is Rising in the East

The sun is ris­ing in the east

It gilds the heav­ens wide

And scat­ters light on mount­ain crest

On shore and count­ry­side.

It ris­es from the val­ley bright

Where para­dise once lay

And bring­eth life and joy and light

To all up­on its way.

It greets us from the land afar

Where man with grace was crowned

And from that won­drous Morn­ing Star

That east­ern sag­es found.

And from the east God’s sun out­pours

A heav’n­ly light on earth

A glimpse from Ed­en’s sac­red shores

Where light and life had birth.

The star­ry hosts bow down be­fore

The sun that pass­es them;

It seems so like that star of yore

Which shone on Beth­le­hem.

Thou

Sun of suns

from Heav­en come

In Thee our prais­es rise

For ev­ery mes­sage from Thy home

And from Thy par­adise.