Submitted Music (1980–Present), Jan 2018
Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning

1. Oh, how lovely was the morning! Radiant beamed the sun above. Bees were humming, sweet birds singing, Music ringing thru the grove, When within the shady woodland Joseph sought the God of love, When within the shady woodland Joseph sought the God of love.

2. Humbly kneeling, sweet appealing ‘twas the boy’s first uttered prayer When the pow’rs of sin assailing filled his soul with deep despair; But undaunted, still he trusted in His Heav’nly Father’s care, But undaunted, still he trusted in His Heav’nly Father’s care.

3. Suddenly a light descended, Brighter far than noonday sun, And a shining, glorious pillar O’er him fell, around him shone, While appeared two heav’nly beings, God the Father and the Son, God the Father and the Son.

4. “Joseph, this is my Beloved; This is my Beloved! Hear Him! Hear Him!” and he listened to the Lord. Oh, what rapture filled his bosom, For he saw the living God, Oh, what rapture filled his bosom for he saw the living God. Oh, how lovely was the morning when he saw the living God.