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Text:Hail The Day, When In The Sky
Author:Charles Coffin
Tune:GLAD DAY
Composer:William Wallace Gilchrist
Media:MIDI file

9616. Hail The Day, When In The Sky

1 Hail the day, when in the sky
Shone the Day-spring from on high;
When the star from Heaven displayed
Where the holy Child was laid.

2 Onward moving, that bright flame
Did the Savior’s birth proclaim;
And the Gentiles came to bring
Offerings to their infant king.

3 Lord of glory, may Thy light
Shine upon our darkened sight,
Till it guide us to the rest
Where Thy people shall be blest.

4 May it light us on the road
Leading to the throne of God;
And our offering then shall be
Hearts devoted, Lord, to Thee.

5 Hymns of glory and of praise,
Father, unto Thee we raise;
Praise to Thee, O Christ our king,
And the Holy Ghost, we sing.

Text Information
First Line: Hail the day, when in the sky
Title: Hail The Day, When In The Sky
Latin Title: Quae stella sole pulchrior
Author: Charles Coffin
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Paris Breviary, 1736; Tr.: The Church Hymnal by William Cooke and William Denton, 1853
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: GLAD DAY
Composer: William Wallace Gilchrist (1895)
Meter: 77.77
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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