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Hymn: Hail the day of ancient promise (FL)

Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon

Date: 1848

Compiler: A S Hayden

Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden

First Line: Hail the day of ancient promise

Topic: <no topic given>

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

Composer:

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune: Coloma

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 149, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Hail the day of ancient promise,

O'er the nations to arise,

Joyful with ten thousand mercies,

Quickly bless our longing eyes,

Thro' the earth goodwill abounding,

Quells the strife of raging war;

Songs of joy and peace resounding,

Sin and death are known no more.