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{
"title": "Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear",
"author": "",
"tune": "Hursley",
"number": "346",
"lyrics": "Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,\nIt is not night if thou be near;\nO may no earth-born cloud arise\nTo hide thee from thy servant's eyes.\n\nWhen the soft dews of kindly sleep\nMy weary eyelids gently steep,\nBe my last thought, how sweet to rest\nFor ever on my Saviour's breast.\n\nAbide with me from morn till eve,\nFor without thee I cannot live;\nAbide with me when night is nigh,\nFor without thee I dare not die.\n\nIf some poor wand'ring child of thine\nHave spurned today the voice Divine,\nNow, Lord, the gracious work begin;\nLet him no more lie down in sin.\n\nWatch by the sick; enrich the poor\nWith blessings from thy boundless store;\nBe ev'ry mourner's sleep tonight,\nLike infant's slumbers, pure and light.\n\nCome near and bless us when we wake,\nEre through the world our way we take,\nTill in the ocean of thy love\nWe lose ourselves in heav'n above.",
"first_line": "Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,"
}