Text:Brighter Every Day
Author:Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Tune:[O my brother, have you started for the heavenly land?]
Composer:Geo. C. Hugg

50. Brighter Every Day

1 O my brother, have you started for the heavenly land?
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
Are you guided on the journey by the Saviour's hand?
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
As you praise his name with a holy song,
As you linger in his courts to pray,
As you firmly stand in the fight against the wrong,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?

Chorus:
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
Don't you see the light celestial on the way;
All the time that you have striven
On the upward road to heaven,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?

2 As you labor in the vineyard for the Master here,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
As you hear him sweetly whisper words of hope and cheer,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
As you tell the world of a Saviour's love,
As you point men to the narrow way,
As you help some soul on toward that home above,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day? [Chorus]

3 When your spirit feels the breezes from the other shore,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
When you see your dear ones leave you to return no more,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
For they're happy now in that home on high,
All their trials and tears have passed away;
As they watch your course in the journey to the sky,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day? [Chorus]

4 Very soon you'll cross the river to the golden land,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
Very soon you'll live and mingle with that blood-washed band,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
Where the Lamb of God is the city's light,
Where night has forever passed away,
And the roadway fair is the blessed path of right,
Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day? [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: O my brother, have you started for the heavenly land?
Title: Brighter Every Day
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Refrain First Line: Don't you find the path grows brighter ev'ry day?
Language: English
Publication Date: 1898
Topic: Devotional
Tune Information
Name: [O my brother, have you started for the heavenly land?]
Composer: Geo. C. Hugg
Key: G Major or modal



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