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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Behold the rays of morning (FL)

Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon

Date: 1848

Compiler: A S Hayden

Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden

First Line: Behold the rays of morning

Topic: <no topic given>

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

Composer:

Meter: 7s and 8s

Tune: Beulah

Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>

Page Number: 181, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Behold the rays of morning,

As bright they come from eastern skies;

The vernal scenes adorning,

A thousand beauties meet the eyes:

The newborn day rejoicing,

Comes bounding o'er the dewy hills,

And with its richest blessings

A thousand breasts with rapture fills.