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Hymn: Yes we trust the day is breaking (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Yes we trust the day is breaking

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: 8s 7s and 4s

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 427

Page Number: 473, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

YES, we trust the day is breaking:

Joyful times are near at hand;

God, the mighty God, is speaking,

By his word, in ev'ry land;

When he chooses,

Darkness flies at his command.



While the foe becomes more daring,

While he enters like a flood,

God, the Saviour, is preparing

Means to spread his truth abroad:

Ev'ry language

Soon shall tell the love of God.



O 'tis pleasant, 'tis reviving

To our hearts, to hear, each day,

Joyful news, from far arriving,

How the gospel wins its way,

Those enlight'ning

Who in death and darkness lay.



God of Jacob, high and glorious,

Let thy people see thy hand;

Let the gospel be victorious,

Through the world, in ev'ry land:

Then shall idols

Perish, Lord, at thy command.