Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#230

230. 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 Saviour's blessing,
A nation in a day.

3 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!"

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The morning light is breaking
• Author: Samuel Francis Smith (1832)
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6, D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church: Foreign Missions

Tune Information

• Name: WEBB
• Composer: George J. Webb (1837)
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6, D.
• Key: B♭ Major