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Begin With God
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: Begin the day with God! Lyrics: 1 Begin the day with God!
He is thy sun and day;
His is the radiance of thy dawn,
To Him address thy lay.
2 Sing a new song at morn!
Join the glad woods and hills;
Join the fresh winds and seas and plains,
Join the bright flowers and rills.
3 Sing thy first song to God
Not to thy fellow man;
Not to the creatures of His hand,
But to the glorious One.
4 Awake, cold lips, and sing!
Arise, dull knees, and pray;
Lift up, O man, thy heart and eyes;
Brush slothfulness away.
5 Look up, beyond these clouds!
Thither thy pathway lies;
Mount up, away, and linger not,
Thy goal is yonder skies.
6 Cast every weight aside!
Do battle with each sin;
Fight with the faithless world without,
The faithless heart within.
7 Take thy first meal with God!
He is thy heavenly food;
Feed with and on Him; He with thee
Will feast in brotherhood.
8 Take thy first walk with God!
Let Him go forth with thee;
By stream or sea or mountain path,
Seek still His company.
9 Thy first transaction be
With God Himself above;
So shall thy business prosper well,
And all the day be love.
Used With Tune: CAMBRIDGE Text Sources: Hymns of Faith and Hope 2nd series (London, James Nisbet, 1861)
Begin With God
[Begin the day with God]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Leslie Hymnal Title: Loving Voices Incipit: 53127 13254 65234 Used With Text: Begin the Day With God
[Begin the day with God]
[Begin the day with God!]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Hymnal Title: Marching to Zion Incipit: 51325 55565 43122 Used With Text: Begin the Day With God
[Begin the day with God!]
Begin the day with God
Hymnal: 50 Hymns and Tunes #35 (1876) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: 50 Hymns and Tunes Languages: English
Begin the day with God
Begin the day with God!
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; suited to the various kinds of Christian worship; and especially designed for and adapted to the Fraternity of the Brethren... #693 (1867) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; suited to the various kinds of Christian worship; and especially designed for and adapted to the Fraternity of the Brethren... Languages: English
Begin the day with God!
Begin the day with God, He is thy sun
Author: Horatius Bonar Hymnal: A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #521 (1876) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Spiritual Hymns Languages: English
Begin the day with God, He is thy sun
William A. Wolf
Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Rural Spirit Composer of "MIEL" in Hymns of the Rural Spirit
William A. Wolf
J. H. Leslie
Hymnal Title: Loving Voices Composer of "[Begin the day with God]" in Loving Voices
J. H. Leslie
A. J. Showalter
1858 - 1924 Hymnal Title: Marching to Zion Composer of "[Begin the day with God!]" in Marching to Zion Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did.
John Perry
A. J. Showalter
