9470. Through Midnight Ages Dark And Lone

1 Through midnight ages dark and lone,
Oppression triumphed o’er the free;
They set the watch, they rolled the stone,
Upon the grave of liberty;
When lo! the angels burst the gloom,
And Freedom rises from the tomb.

2 Robed in the sable veil of fear,
The mourners haste at early day,
But angels from a brighter sphere
Disperse their gloomy cares away;
Rejoice! O earth, rejoice! they cry
For Freedom lives, no more to die.

3 O Christ, our Savior! Thou who art
The Lord and ruler of the free,
Reveal to every human heart
The freedom that is found in Thee;
So shall the world’s last tyrant fall,
And love and light be all in all.

Text Information
First Line: Through midnight ages dark and lone
Title: Through Midnight Ages Dark And Lone
Author: Thomas L. Harris
Meter: 88.88.88
Language: English
Source: Hymns of Spiritual Devotion (New York: New Church Publishing Association, 1857)
Tune Information
Name: PLANO
Composer: Pluma M. Kimball Brown
Meter: 88.88.88
Key: C Major
Source: Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy (Jackson, Minn.: Pluma M. Brown, 1897)
Copyright: Public Domain



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