Text: | This Is the Day of Light |
Author: | John Ellerton |
Tune: | GREENWOOD |
Composer: | Joseph E. Sweetser |
1 This is the day of light:
Let there be light today;
O Day-spring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.
2 This is the day of rest:
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy fresh'ning dew.
3 This is the day of peace:
Thy peace our spirit's fill;
Bid thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.
4 This is the day of prayer:
Let earth to heav'n draw near:
Lift up our hearts to seek Thee there,
Come down to meet us here.
5 This is the first of days:
Send forth Thy quick'ning breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | This is the day of light |
Title: | This Is the Day of Light |
Author: | John Ellerton (1867) |
Meter: | S.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1970 |
Topic: | Lord's Day |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GREENWOOD |
Composer: | Joseph E. Sweetser (1849) |
Meter: | S.M. |
Key: | G Major |