Some glad morning I'll awaken

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Some glad morning I'll awaken

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Some glad morning I'll awaken]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Some glad morning I’ll awaken
In the presence of my Lord,
When the waiting time is over,
He will be my great reward.

Refrain:
Some glad morning,
Some glad morning
I shall sing of saving grace,
In eternity’s fair dawning
I shall see Him face to face.

2 Some glad morning I shall hear Him
Speak His words of welcome sweet,
And the loved ones that have left me
In His presence I shall meet. [Refrain]

3 Some glad morning when the shadows
Have departed evermore,
I shall see the light eternal,
Shining on that golden shore. [Refrain]

4 Some glad morning in the homeland,
Where no one shall homeless be,
I shall see the many mansions,
And there will be one for me. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #66

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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