The Morning Light Is Breaking
- Authors
- Samuel Francis Smith
- Year
- 1832
- Example Text
- The morning light is breaking, The darkness disappears...
- Popularity
- 33%
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- Scripture References
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- Genesis 1:3
- 1 Samuel 23:4
- 2 Samuel 23:4
- Psalm 30:5; 67:1
- Isaiah 21:11; 58:8; 60:1-5; 61:10-11; 65:8; 66:8
- Matthew 28:19-20
- Lyrics
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 heathen nations 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 thine 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.
Source:The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #381
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