Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) ‎#240

240. The Morning Light Is Breaking

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 Savior's blessing,
A nation in a day.

3 Blest river of salvation,
Pursue thy onward way;
Flow thou to ev'ry 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."

Text Information

• First Line: The morning light is breaking
• Title: The Morning Light Is Breaking
• Author: Samuel F. Smith (1832)
• Meter: 7, 6s. 8L.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1928
• Topic: Missions
• Notes: Danish first line: Se, Morgenstjernen lyser

Tune Information

• Name: [The morning light is breaking]
• Composer: George J. Webb (1837)
• Meter: 7, 6s. 8L.
• Key: B♭ Major