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[Lo! the day is breaking]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 13565 34612 16551 Used With Text: Our Reaping Song

Author: Lizzie Edwards Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lo! the day is breaking Refrain First Line: Glory! glory! hallelujah Lyrics: 1 Lo! the day is breaking, Heathen lands are waking, Coming to the Saviour from afar; Songs of rapture singing, Grateful homage bringing, Guided by the bright and Morning star. Refrain: Glory! glory! hallelujah! Glory! glory! hallelujah! Oh, the blessed reaping! God the seed is keeping, Scattered by the faithful from his word. 2 Still the trumpet sounding, Loud and clear resounding, Bids the nations from their chains be free; Truth its light is shedding, Far and wide ‘tis spreading, Spreading like the waters of the sea. [Refrain] 3 Gold and wheat is growing, Earnest hearts are glowing, Looking to the harvest fields above; Soon they’ll come with singing, Fruits of labor bringing, Welcomed by a Saviour’s tender love. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Lo! the day is breaking]

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Our Reaping Song

Author: Lizzie Edwards Hymnal: On Joyful Wing #89 (1886) First Line: Lo! the day is breaking Refrain First Line: Glory! glory! hallelujah Lyrics: 1 Lo! the day is breaking, Heathen lands are waking, Coming to the Saviour from afar; Songs of rapture singing, Grateful homage bringing, Guided by the bright and Morning star. Refrain: Glory! glory! hallelujah! Glory! glory! hallelujah! Oh, the blessed reaping! God the seed is keeping, Scattered by the faithful from his word. 2 Still the trumpet sounding, Loud and clear resounding, Bids the nations from their chains be free; Truth its light is shedding, Far and wide ‘tis spreading, Spreading like the waters of the sea. [Refrain] 3 Gold and wheat is growing, Earnest hearts are glowing, Looking to the harvest fields above; Soon they’ll come with singing, Fruits of labor bringing, Welcomed by a Saviour’s tender love. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Lo! the day is breaking]

Our Reaping Song

Author: Lizzie Edwards Hymnal: Temple Trio #89 (1886) First Line: Lo! the day is breaking Refrain First Line: Glory! glory! hallelujah Tune Title: [Lo! the day is breaking]

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[Lo! the day is breaking]" in On Joyful Wing John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission