In the early morning, early, Ere the dawn was ever nigh

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In the early morning, early, Ere the dawn was ever nigh

Author: F. G. Lee
Tune: [In the early morning, early] (33334)
Published in 9 hymnals

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1 In the early morning, early
Ere the dawn was even nigh--
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Glory be to God on high.
When the crown-like stars were lustrous;
When the dew was on the sod,
Sang the Angels to the Shepherds,
Sang the choristers of God.

2 To the humble Bethlehem shepherds,
On the first glad Christmas morn,
Sang the choir of God Angelic,--
Christ the Son of God is born!
When the dew was white and pearly,
Flashed a light across the sky,
In the early morning, early,
Glory be to God on high.

3 Glory in the heavens eternal,
Upon earth be glory, too,
For the day of grace hath broken,
And a King is born to you.
In the early morning, early,
Glory be to God on high;
Rang the sound of Angels harping,
Through the stilly list'ning sky.

Source: Voices of Praise: for school and church and home #352

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Author: F. G. Lee

Lee, Frederick George, D.D., born in 1832, educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (S. C. L. 1854), and Vicar of All Saints, Lambeth, since 1867. Author of a large number of works (see Crockford, 1891). His hymns "Laud the grace of God victorious" (St. Alban), and "When day's shadows lengthen" (Old Age), appeared in the People's Hymnal, 1867. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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