The rosy light is dawning

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1 The rosy light is dawning
Upon the mountain's brow;
It is the Sabbath morning,
Arise and pay thy vow;
Lift up thy voice to heaven,
In sacred praise and prayer,
While unto thee is given
The light of life to share.

2 The landscape, lately shrouded
By evening's paler ray,
Smiles beauteous and unclouded
Before the eye of day;
So let our souls, benighted
Too long in folly's shade,
By thy kind smiles be lighted
To joys that never fade.

3 Oh! see those waters, streaming,
In crystal purity;
While earth, with verdure teeming,
Gives rapture to the eye;
Let rivers of salvation,
In larger currents flow,
Till every tribe and nation
Their healing virtues know.

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #52

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Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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First Line: The rosy light is dawning
Author: Thomas Hastings
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Hymns for the use of the Sabbath School of the Second Reformed Church, Albany N. Y. #125

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Juvenile Songs #110

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Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d127

Oriola #d230

Oriola #d230

Oriola #d233

Oriola #d233
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Plymouth Collection #a72

Plymouth Collection #a72
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Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d780

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Sabbath School Gems #d115
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Sabbath School Gems of Music and Poetry #10
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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #261

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Sunday School Hymn Book #d414
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The Baptist Harp #27
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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #72

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #72

The Canadian Warbler #d147

The Canadian Warbler #d147

The Children's Choir #d46

The Children's Choir #d46
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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #383

The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #383

The Clariona #d205

The Clariona #d205

The Evergreen #d87

The Evergreen #d87
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The Minstrel of Zion #52

The Minstrel of Zion #52
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The Mother's Hymn Book #11

The Mother's Hymn Book #11
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The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #13

The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #13
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The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #105a

The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #105a
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The New York Choralist #226b

The New York Choralist #226b
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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #41

The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #41
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The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #78

The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #78

The Sacred Lyre #d62

The Sacred Lyre #d62
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The Singing Book for Boys' and Girls' Meetings #114

The Singing Book for Boys' and Girls' Meetings #114
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The Young Choir #40

The Young Choir #40
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