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A Better Day

A better day is coming, When truth and right shall reign

Author: Jennie Stout
Tune: [A better day is coming] (Armen)
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 A better day is coming,
When truth and right shall reign,
When hearts shall know no sorrow,
But sing in glad refrain:

Refrain:
A better day, a better day,
A better day is coming on;
A better day, a better day,
A better day is coming.

2 A better day is coming,—
Oh, see the golden beams!—
A day of light and glory;
Let each heart catch the gleams. [Refrain]

3 A better day is coming,
A day of perfect rest,—
The long-expected pleasure
Of reigning with the blest. [Refrain]

4 Oh, send the tidings over
The world from shore to shore;
The glorious day is dawning,
When sin shall reign no more. [Refrain]

Source: Melodious Sonnets #36

Author: Jennie Stout

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Text Information

First Line: A better day is coming, When truth and right shall reign
Title: A Better Day
Author: Jennie Stout
Language: English
Refrain First Line: A better day, a better day
Publication Date: 1886
Copyright: Public Domain

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Melodious Sonnets #36

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Temple Trio #218

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The Royal Fountain No. 4 #60

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