Morning Hymn to St Agnes

The Morning Hymn is a metrical setting of the invitatory Psalm adapted from the scottish Psalter published in 1650.
The tune Title: ST. AGNES (Dykes)
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Copyright: Public Domain
As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death.