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THE SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL ASSURED.
THE MORNING LIGHT IS BREAKING.
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This Hymn, and the National Hymn, “My country, 't is of thee,” were written while the author was at Andover Theological Seminary, in 1832.
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.
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.
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Rich dews of grace come o'er us,
In many a gentle shower,
And brighter scenes before us,
Are opening every hour;
Each cry, to Heaven going,
Abundant answers brings,
And heavenly gales are blowing,
With peace upon their wings.
In many a gentle shower,
And brighter scenes before us,
Are opening every hour;
Each cry, to Heaven going,
Abundant answers brings,
And heavenly gales are blowing,
With peace upon their wings.
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.
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.
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!”
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!”
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