Text: | This Is the Day of Light |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Tune: | SWABIA |
Composer: | Johann M. Spiess, c. 1715-1772 |
1 This is the day of light:
Let there be light today;
O Dayspring, rise upon our night
And chase its gloom away.
2 This is the day of rest:
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy freshening dew.
3 This is the day of peace:
Thy peace our spirits fill;
Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.
4 This is the day of prayer:
Let earth to heaven draw near;
Lift up our hearts to seek Thee there;
Come down to meet us here.
5 This is the first of days;
Send forth Thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | This is the day of light |
Title: | This Is the Day of Light |
Author: | John Ellerton, 1826-1893 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Worship and Praise: Morning Hymns |
Notes: | Alternate tune: ST. THOMAS, No. 247 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SWABIA |
Composer: | Johann M. Spiess, c. 1715-1772 |
Key: | D Major |