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Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills Refrain First Line: Joy dispels our sorrow--pleasures banish pain-- Lyrics: 1. Morning light was dawning o’er the distant hills, Banished was the midnight gloom; Silently the angels clad in bright array Came to guard the dear Redeemer’s tomb. Soldiers were affrighted and in terror fled, While the angels roll the stone away. Then with joy proclaiming, Christ the Lord is ris’n; See the place where once the Savior lay. Refrain Joy dispels our sorrow—pleasures banish pain— Earth awakes from winter’s gloom; Easter anthems ringing tell the joyful news Christ is risen from the tomb. 2. Loving ones who sought Him at the break of day, Found the angels waiting there; Joy dispelled their sorrow—fear gave way to faith— Hope succeeded all their deep despair. For the angels told them, Jesus is not here, But had surely risen as He said. Then with eager footsteps joyfully they tell How that Christ had risen from the dead. [Refrain] 3. Easter tells its gladness all the year around— Happy birds their tribute bring; Fragrant flowers blooming after winter days Speak to us the joys of coming spring. Earthly pleasures vanish, flowers soon shall fade, But the joy of Easter shall endure. Hope of resurrection never shall grow dim While the Word of God abideth sure. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills] Text Sources: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903), number 276

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[Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. W. Lerman Incipit: 56513 14321 23276 Used With Text: Joy Dispels Our Sorrow

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Joy Dispels Our Sorrow

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3386 First Line: Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills Refrain First Line: Joy dispels our sorrow--pleasures banish pain-- Lyrics: 1. Morning light was dawning o’er the distant hills, Banished was the midnight gloom; Silently the angels clad in bright array Came to guard the dear Redeemer’s tomb. Soldiers were affrighted and in terror fled, While the angels roll the stone away. Then with joy proclaiming, Christ the Lord is ris’n; See the place where once the Savior lay. Refrain Joy dispels our sorrow—pleasures banish pain— Earth awakes from winter’s gloom; Easter anthems ringing tell the joyful news Christ is risen from the tomb. 2. Loving ones who sought Him at the break of day, Found the angels waiting there; Joy dispelled their sorrow—fear gave way to faith— Hope succeeded all their deep despair. For the angels told them, Jesus is not here, But had surely risen as He said. Then with eager footsteps joyfully they tell How that Christ had risen from the dead. [Refrain] 3. Easter tells its gladness all the year around— Happy birds their tribute bring; Fragrant flowers blooming after winter days Speak to us the joys of coming spring. Earthly pleasures vanish, flowers soon shall fade, But the joy of Easter shall endure. Hope of resurrection never shall grow dim While the Word of God abideth sure. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills]

Joy Dispels Our Sorrow

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #275 (1903) First Line: Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: [Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills]

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Author of "Joy Dispels Our Sorrow" in The Cyber Hymnal Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Composer of "[Morning light was dawning o'er the distant hills]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: December 23, 1865, London (possibly Bethnal Green), England. Died: October 24, 1935, Brooklyn, New York. Lerman emigrated to America as a child (he does not appear in the 1871 British census), and was a member of the Olivet Memorial Church in New York City. He played the organ there (1880-1908), and later at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Borough Park Christian Church, and Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, all in Brooklyn. He wrote a considerable amount of church and Sunday School music, and served as musical editor for the Tullar-Meredith Company of New York City, and the Theodore Pressure Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sources-- Hughes, p. 472 Reynolds, p. 336 --www.hymntime.com/tch