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Text: | Day of redemption! when shall we behold |
Author: | Anon. |
Tune: | MORNING LIGHT |
Composer: | Unknown |
1 Day of redemption! when shall we behold
Earth overwhelmed with thy splendor untold?
Dark is this desert, and weary our road;
O for the day-spring that cometh from God!
Deep are earth's shadows, its sorrows and gloom;
Oft is its gladness laid low in the tomb:
Joy and rejoicing like shadows depart,
Grief and affliction abide in the heart.
2 Many the sorrows this sad earth has known;
Hopes have been withered, and hearts have been torn;
Tears have been gushing from fountains of grief;
O for that morning which brings us relief!
Ah, we have tasted of blessings to come;
On we have hasted to gain them at home;
There, in the light of eternity's morn,
Glad shall the saints sing the conquerors' song.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Day of redemption! when shall we behold |
Author: | Anon. |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Waiting for Christ: Closing Work |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MORNING LIGHT |
Composer: | Unknown |
Meter: | 10s. P |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Alternate tune: #620, Triumph. |