Timeless Truths ‎#102

102. The Dispensation Day

1 In the awful age of night,
When the earth was struck with blight,
And the clouds of papal darkness filled the sky;
Persecution’s fire and blood,
Raging in an angry flood,
Failed to crush the church sustained by God on high.

Refrain:
We are in the evening of the dispensation day,
And the gospel light has scattered all the night away;
On the sunny mountain where the melody of song
Floats upon the breezes as we swiftly pass along.

2 But she raised her banner high,
And did all her foes defy,
Over her the gates of hell have not prevailed;
For her forces multiplied,
Notwithstanding those who died,
In the martyr’s flames her glory was revealed.[Refrain]

3 Now the evening time has come,
When the brightness of the sun,
Through the gospel shining in remotest land;
It will reach the distant isles,
Where the golden harvest smiles,
To be gathered while the Savior’s near at hand. [Refrain]

4 We are in the evening light,
Shining as the morning bright,
And the clouds of thick obscurity are passed;
In the conquest we are strong,
Singing as we march along,
And we’re ready for the final trumpet’s blast. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: In the awful age of night
• Title: The Dispensation Day
• Author: B. E. W. (1911)
• Refrain First Line: We are in the evening of the dispensation day
• Meter: 7.7.11.7.7.11 R
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 1:10
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Dispensation_Day); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (14); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (513)

Tune Information

• Name: [In the awful age of night]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 7.7.11.7.7.11 R
• Key: C Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Dispensation_Day); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (14); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (513)