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Resurrection Morn So Fair

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The day was dark and all seemed lost when to the tomb Refrain First Line: But there dawned a resurrection morn so fair

[The day was dark, and all seemed lost when to the tomb]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph W. Lerman Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 31111 77776 63311 Used With Text: Resurrection Morn So Fair

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Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5767 First Line: The day was dark, and all seemed lost when to the tomb Refrain First Line: But there dawned a resurrection morn so fair Lyrics: 1. The day was dark, and all seemed lost when to the tomb They bore the form of Christ the crucified. Loved ones hoped that He would reign— But their hopes were all in vain, For they saw Him as upon the cross He died. Refrain But there dawned a resurrection morn so fair, When the Savior rose from out the tomb; For the angels came and rolled the stone away, And today is banished all earth’s gloom. 2. The stone before the door was set and firmly sealed— A guard was placed to watch by night and day, For they feared that from the dead He would rise as He had said, Or perchance His own would spirit Him away. [Refrain] 3. Oh, sad and lonely ones today, look up! rejoice! The empty tomb with praises may resound, Over mountain, hill and plain, Let there ring the glad refrain, Bringing hope and cheer wherever man is found. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [The day was dark, and all seemed lost when to the tomb]

Resurrection Morn So Fair

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Bible School Hymnal #222 (1907) First Line: The day was dark and all seem'd lost when to the tomb Refrain First Line: But there dawned a resurrection morn so fair Languages: English Tune Title: [The day was dark and all seem'd lost when to the tomb]

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Author of "Resurrection Morn So Fair" Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Composer of "[The day was dark, and all seemed lost when to the tomb]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: December 23, 1865, London (possibly Bethnal Green), England. Died: October 24, 1935, Brooklyn, New York. Lerman emigrated to America as a child (he does not appear in the 1871 British census), and was a member of the Olivet Memorial Church in New York City. He played the organ there (1880-1908), and later at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Borough Park Christian Church, and Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, all in Brooklyn. He wrote a considerable amount of church and Sunday School music, and served as musical editor for the Tullar-Meredith Company of New York City, and the Theodore Pressure Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sources-- Hughes, p. 472 Reynolds, p. 336 --www.hymntime.com/tch