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Hymn: Morning breaks upon the tomb (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Morning breaks upon the tomb

Topic: Christ/Burial and Resurrection

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

Composer: L Mason

Meter: 7s double

Tune: Amboy

Hymn Number: 136

Page Number: 055, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Morning breaks upon the tomb,

Jesus scatters all its gloom;

Day of triumph through the skies--

See the glorious Savior rise!

Ye who are of death afraid, 

Triumph in the scattered shade;

Drive your anxious cares away;

See the place where Jesus lay!