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Text:Day of light
Author:John Ellerton
Tune:SWABIA
Arranger:W. H. Havergal

24. Day of light

1 This is the day of light:
Let there be light to-day;
O Day-spring, 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!

Text Information
First Line: This is the day of light
Title: Day of light
Author: John Ellerton
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Topic: Christ: Dayspring; Opening of Service
Tune Information
Name: SWABIA
Arranger: W. H. Havergal
Meter: S. M.
Key: D Major



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