Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear

Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;
Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes.

"The God of Israel spoke, / The Rock of Israel spoke to me, / Who rules among men righteously, / Who rules with the fear of God,

And is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, / A morning without clouds, / As when the tender grass sprouts up from the earth / At the sun’s shining after a rain. (2 Sam. 23:3-4)"

Lord Jesus we love you! You are the sun of our souls!

La iglesia es el anhelo
De Cristo y Su placer,
Su acción y Su palabra
Concentra en ella fiel.
Su amor allí establece,
Nada lo detendrá,
Antes que hubiera tierra
Ella era Su pensar

Efesios 5:32 Grande es este misterio; más yo digo esto respecto de Cristo y de la iglesia!!!!

1aJn 3:23-24 Y este es Su mandamiento: Que creamos en el nombre de Su Hijo Jesucristo, y nos amemos unos a otros como nos lo ha mandado.

Y el que guarda Sus mandamientos permanece en Dios, y Dios en él. Y en esto sabemos que El permanece en nosotros; por el Espíritu que nos ha dado.

Así que se propuso
Su complemento ver;
Está intención bendita
Eternamente es,

El edificio de Dios es el asunto central en toda la Biblia; la novia de Cristo es el edificio del Dios Triuno : De la costilla que Jehová Dios había tomado del hombre , edificó una mujer y la trajo al hombre.

Gn 2:22-23 Dijo entonces el hombre:

Esta vez sí que es hueso de mis huesos, y carne de mi carne; ésta será llamada Varona, porque del varón fue tomada.

Oh que misericordia!!
Su amor y vastedad
Con gracia la buscaba,
Y sabia dignidad
Por ella dio Su vida
Fragancia eternal

2a Co 3:3 siendo manifiesto que sois carta de Cristo, redactada con el Espíritu del Dios vivo!!

Heb 9:14 ¿Cuánto más la sangre de Cristo, el cual mediante el Espíritu eterno se ofreció a Sí mismo sin mancha a Dios…. ?

A ella más se acerca
Hoy en resurrección
Al contemplar el Novio
Le inunda el corazón
De Gloria hasta que sea
La Novia que el sonó Gn Gn 2:21

Juan 14:21 El Dios Triuno hace morada con los creyentes y se manifiesta!! Amén Aleluya!! App 22:17 Y el Espíritu y la novia dicen: Ven. Y el que oye, diga: Ven. Y el qué tiene sed, venga; y el que quiera, tome del agua de la vida gratuitamente. !!!! ¡¡¡Aleluya!!! Te Amo Señor Jesucristo!!! Dios Triuno Alabado seas por los siglos de los siglos!

Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die!

In the book the Christian Year we read about John Keble’s life and character. His hymns are filled with spiritual insight with carefully chosen language for those who want to come forward to the Holy of Holies.

The Reverend John Keble was born in Caln, Saint Aldwyn, April 25, 1792. He became an ordained minister and lived in Fairford, where he began the parochial work which ended once he passed away. He died at Bournmouth, March 29, 1866. He settled in Fairford where he was given charge of three small parishes. This gave him enough income for a modest living while he preached, wrote hymns, did translations as well as perform his pastoral work, and was happy. He never was ambitious to receive a larger salary or move away to a bigger parish.

The music to this hymn is poetic and spiritual. It was arranged from a German Choral of Peter Rider (1760-1846) by William Henry Monk, who had a Doctorate of Music. Mr. Monk was a lecturer, composer, editor, and professor of vocal music at King’s College. This tune appears sometimes under the name “Hursley”and supersedes an early one “Halle” by Thomas Hastings. The tune “Canonbury” by Robert Schumann, set to Keble’s hymn, “New every morning is the love, ” is a favorite for flowing long meters but it could never replace “Hursley” with “Son of my soul. ”

"Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear,

It is not night if Thou be near."

Till in the ocean of Thy love

We lose ourselves in Thee above.

Lord until we lose ourselves in Thee!!

Steve Miller: Gloucestershire is in England, not Scotland. At least, it was the last time I looked. And Fairford is not a "tiny village" and never was. It's always been a large village, verging on small market town. In Keble's time it was the major centre of population for many miles around. Nowadays is enormous, having been host to an airforce base for many years. And Keble College was founded in 1870, not 1869. This year has been its 150th anniversary. Sadly, the celebrations have been curtailed somewhat by Covid-19.

John Keble, the son of an Anglican country preacher, was born at Fairford, Gloucester, England on April 25, 1792. He was a poetry professor at Oxford University for ten years where he also had been educated. From 1835 until his death in 1866, he served the humble parish church in the village of Hursley, England, with a population of 1, 500 people.

In 1827 Keble published a volume of poems entitled “The Christian Year, ” with all of the poems following the church calendar year. One of the poems from the collection was “Sun of My Soul. ” It was never meant to be used as a hymn. Keble’s intention was that his book of poetry be used as a devotional supplement to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Keble was so modest, he had his book of poems published anonymously. The book became so successful that it went through 109 editions before 1866, the year he died. He used the proceeds from the book to maintain the ministry of his small church at Hursley.

In 1833 Keble preached at Oxford his famous sermon on “ National Apostasy” which is credited with the beginning of the Oxford Movement in the nineteenth century. Its leaders wanted to bring about a spiritual awakening in the Church of England without the use of the more aggressive practices common in the evangelical leaders of his time, the Wesleys and Whitfield followers . The Oxford leaders believed in increasing the ritualistic and liturgical practices of the church in order to deepen a spiritual awakening. Some leaders like John Henry Newman and Edward Caswall eventually left the Anglican Church and became leaders of the Catholic Church. Keble however remained a humble yet high church Anglican minister until his death.

In 1869 Keble College was founded in Oxford University as a tribute to him. He wrote a total of 765 hymns as well as a companion book of tunes which he composed or collected to be used with his texts. He became a respected preacher and Bible scholar.

The original tune for this hymn called “Hursley, ” is adapted from a melody which first appeared in the hymnal “Katholisches Gesangbuch, ” Vienna, Austria, about 1774. This tune was Keble’s personal choice for his text when it appeared in the “Metrical Psalter” in 1855. The tune was named in honor of the little church which Keble had faithfully served for so many years.

Lord, You are the Sun of my soul!