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MORNINC
SUN.
L.
M.
D.
'Remember
now
thy
Ceator
in
the
days
of
thy
youth,
while
the
evil
days
come
not,
nor
the
years
draw
nigh."-Eccl2:1
Key
of
E
Flat
Major,
S.
M.
Denson,
April
27,
1911.
Youth,
like
the
spring,
will
soon
be
gone,
By
fleet
-
ing
time
or
con-quer-ing
death;
Your
morning
sun
may
set
at
noon,
And
leave
you
Youth,
like
the
spring,
will
soon
be
gone,
By
fleet
-
ing
time
or
con-quer-ing
death;
Your
morning
sun
may
set
at
noon,
And
leave
you
ev
-
er
in
the
dark.
Your
sparkling
eyes
and
blooming
cheeks
Must
with
-
er
like
the
blast-ed.
Your
sparkling
eyes
and
blooming
cheeks
must
with
-
er
ev
-
er
in
the
dark.
Your
sparkling
eyes
and
blooming
cheeks
Must
wither
like
the
blast
-
ed
rose;
the
cof
-
fin
Your
sparkling
eyes
and
blooming
cheeks
Must
with
-
er
like
the
blast-ed
rose;
The
The
tune
"Morning
Sun"
was
composed
by
Prof.
Denson
for
the
Fifth
Edition
for
the
original
"Sacred
Harp."
It
will
be
found
up-to-date.
Words
applied
to
the
tune
by
J.
S.
James.
The
hymn
presents
an
exhortation
to
the
young.
Prof.
Denson
is
rather
partial
to
the
"Fugue"
Tunes.
The
run
of
this
tune
is
fine.
See
sketch
of
Prof.
Denson
on
page
529.
This
tune
is
set
to
the
three
verses
of
the
hymn,
"Young
People,
all
Attention
Give,"
&c.
See
tune
"Mission,"
page
204;
also
Zion
Songster,
by
Thos.
Mason,
1832,
Seventh
Edition,
page
297.
No
trace
of
the
author
of
the
hymn.
See
further
remarks
about
"words"
under
tune
"Liverpool,'
page
37.