56. Softly Beams the Sacred Dawning

1. Softly beams the sacred dawning
Of the great millennial morn,
And to Saints gives welcome warning
That the day is hast’ning on,
That the day is hast’ning on.

2. Splendid, rising o’er the mountains,
Glowing with celestial cheer,
Streaming from eternal fountains,
Rays of living light appear,
Rays of living light appear.

3. Swiftly flee the clouds of darkness;
Speedily the mists retire;
Nature’s universal blackness
Is consumed by heav’nly fire,
Is consumed by heav’nly fire.

4. Yea, the fair sabbatic era,
When the world will be at rest,
Rapidly is drawing nearer;
Then all Israel will be blest,
Then all Israel will be blest.

Text Information
First Line: Softly beams the sacred dawning
Title: Softly Beams the Sacred Dawning
Author: John Jaques, 1827–1900
Meter: 8 7 8 7 7
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Hope; Millennium; Restoration
Notes: Scripture references from LDS canon: Doctrine and Covenants 45:28, 36-39, 44; Doctrine and Covenants 43:29-30.
Tune Information
Name: PRAYER OF GRATITUDE
Composer: J. Spencer Cornwall, 1888–1983
Meter: 8 7 8 7 7
Incipit: 34517 21665 53654
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: © J. Spencer Cornwall, 1983. This hymn may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.



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