Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book
Date: 1816
Compiler: Joseph Thomas
Publisher/Printer: J Foster
First Line: The gloomy night of sadness
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: CXXI
Page Number: 158, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe gloomy night of sadness
Begins to flee away;
The red'ning streaks of morning
Proclaim the rising day;
That welcome day of promise,
When Chris shall claim his right,
And on the world in darkness,
Pour forth a flood of light.
Now truth unveil'd is shining
With beams of sacred light,
The mourning pilgrim's wonder,
And leave the paths of night;
Their glowing hearts in rapture,
All fill'd with joy divine,
Burst forth in shouting glory,
And like their master shine.
Now love unites the children,
And tears away the bars;
They lay aside their weapons
And cease from strife and wars-
All with united voices,
All join with one accord;
Ascribing free salvation
And glory to the Lord.
The beams of truth revealed;
Pervades the sinner's heart,
Aghast they fall and tremble,
As pierced with a dart;
Their earnest cries for mercy
Sound through the parting skies;
The gracious Saviour hears them,
And smiling, bids them rise.
Now Satan roars with anguish,
His servants quake with fear;
His boasted kingdom totters,
Its fall we soon shall hear.
Go on victorious Saviour,
Go on Almighty King-
O chain the woeful dragon,
And cause the world to sing.
Come let's begin the anthems,
And join the choir above,
To praise the blessed Jesus,
And bless the God we love,
I'll sing in strains of glory
Salvation to our God
Hosanna to our Jesus,
Who wash'd us in his blood.
The courts of heav'n are ringing
With songs of highest strain,
And ceaseless praise is rolling
Along the flow'ry plains;
O could we rise triumphant,
And join with them above,
To shout and sing forever,
Free grace and conq'ring love.