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| Text: | The Morning Light Is Breaking |
| Author: | Samuel F. Smith |
| Tune: | WEBB |
| Composer: | George J. Webb |
1 The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears;
The sons of earth are waking
To penitential tears;
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean
Brings tidings from afar
Of nations in commotion,
Prepared for Zion's war.
2 See heathen nations bending
Before the God we love,
And thousand hearts ascending
In gratitude above;
While sinners, now confessing,
The gospel call obey,
And seek the Savior's blessing,
A nation in a day.
3 Blest river of salvation,
Pursue thy onward way;
Flow thou to every nation,
Nor in thy richness stay,
Stay not till all the lowly
Triumphant reach their home;
Stay not till all the holy
Proclaim, "The Lord is come."
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | The morning light is breaking |
| Title: | The Morning Light Is Breaking |
| Author: | Samuel F. Smith (1832) |
| Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
| Publication Date: | 1957 |
| Scripture: | |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WEBB |
| Composer: | George J. Webb (1837) |
| Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
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