1 When Lord’s Day morning comes so fair and bright,
Then I seem to hear,
O so sweet and clear,
The choirs above, their songs of pure delight
Singing, O so sweet and clear:
All praise to God,
They sing so sweet and clear.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Heav’nly choirs in robes of white,
Sing to God in glory bright;
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
We will join the lofty song of pure delight.
2 O blessed morning, best of all the seven,
With thy lovely dawn,
Cares of earth are gone,
And to my soul that sweetest song of heav’n
Cometh with thy lovely dawn:
All praise to God,
Comes with thy lovely dawn. [Refrain]
3 O should we ever tempted be to roam,
On this holy day,
Into sin away,
May heav’nly voices sweetly call us home,
Call us from our sin away:
Come home, come home,
O come from sin away. [Refrain]
Source: Hymns for Today: for Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies, The Church, The Home, Community Welfare Associations, and Patriotic Meetings #17
Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 191… Go to person page >
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