Excerpt from Living Hymns: The Small Hymnal; A Book of Worship and Praise for the Developing Life, Suitable for Sunday Schools, Young Peoples' Organizations, Vacation Schools, Morning and Evening Church Services and Mid-Week Meetings When morning gilds the skies, My heart a waking cries, When-e'er the sweet church bell Peals over hill and dell The night be-comes as day, When from the heart we say, In heaven's eternal bliss The loveliest strain is this, Be this, while life is mine, My canticle divine