498 | The Hymnbook#499 | 500 |
Text: | The Morning Light Is Breaking |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith |
Tune: | WEBB |
Composer: | George J. Webb |
1 The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears;
The sons of earth are waking
To penitential tears;
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean
Brings tidings from afar
Of nations in commotion,
Prepared for Zion's war.
2 See nations humbly bending
Before the God we love,
And thousand hearts ascending
In gratitude above:
While sinners, now confessing,
The gospel call obey,
And seek the Saviour's blessing,
A nation in a day.
3 Blest river of salvation,
Pursue thy onward way;
Flow thou to every nation,
Nor in thy richness stay:
Stay not till all the lowly
Triumphant reach their home;
Stay not till all the holy
Proclaim, "The Lord is come."
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The morning light is breaking |
Title: | The Morning Light Is Breaking |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith (1832; alt.) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | God: Kingdom; Missions; Kingdom of God on Earth, The: Missions |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WEBB |
Composer: | George J. Webb (1837) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. D. |
Key: | B♭ Major |