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Text:Hail to the Brightness
Author:Thomas Hastings
Tune:[Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!]
Composer:Lowell Mason

903. Hail to the Brightness

1. Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!
Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain!
Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning:
Zion, in triumph, begins her mild reign.

2. Lo, in the desert, rich flowers are springing;
Streams ever copious are gliding along;
Loud, from the mountaintops, echoes are ringing;
Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song.

3. See, the dead risen from land and from ocean;
Praise to Jehovah, ascending on high;
Fall'n are the engines of war and commotion;
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky.

Text Information
First Line: Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!
Title: Hail to the Brightness
Author: Thomas Hastings
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Home Eternal
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!]
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: 11s & 10s.
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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