Morning Song, a hymn by Felix Adler (1897)

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Date: 2022-07-28

Last Updated: 2025-02-18

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Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., children's education, children's prayers, English poetry, English vernacular prayer, Ethical Humanism, hymns, universalist

Excerpt: "Morning Song [splendor of the morning sunlight]" is a hymn by Felix Adler, published in The Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of songs, services and responses for Jewish Sabbath schools, and homes (4th rev. ed., 1897), hymn no. 23. . . .

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	Morning Song
	Splendor of the morning sunlight Shines into my heart to-day, Floods each cranny of my being With new strength and spirit gay.
	Let me use the golden hours As they glide so swiftly by; Fill them with a precious freight of Truth and Love and Knowledge high.
	And when evening comes and kindling Stars my conduct seem to ask, May I look aloft and tell them I have finished well my task.

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“Morning Song [splendor of the morning sunlight]” is a hymn by Felix Adler, published in The Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of songs, services and responses for Jewish Sabbath schools, and homes (4th rev. ed., 1897), hymn no. 23.

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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  Name: Felix Adler
  Bio: Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933) was a German-Jewish American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader, and social reformer who, in 1876, founded the Ethical Culture movement. Felix Adler was the son of Rabbi Samuel Adler of Temple Emanu-El, the most prominent reform synagogue in New York City.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Adler_(professor)
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/felix-adler
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
  Website: https://aharon.varady.net
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/aharon-varady-transcription

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