Scripture Verse

The day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 2 Peter 1:19

Introduction

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Ozora S. Davis (1866–1931)

Words: Ozo­ra S. Da­vis, 1909. Da­vis wrote these words at his sum­mer home on Lake Su­na­pee, New Hamp­shire. They first ap­peared, in pamph­let form, at a meet­ing of the Na­tion­al Con­gre­ga­tion­al Bro­ther­hood in Min­ne­ap­olis, Min­ne­so­ta.

Music: All Saints Hen­ry S. Cut­ler, in The Hym­nal with Tunes Old and New, by John I. Tuck­er, 1872 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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Henry S. Cutler (1825–1902)

Lyrics

At length there dawns the glo­ri­ous day
By pro­phets long fore­told,
At length the cho­rus clear­er grows
That shep­herds heard of old.
The day of dawn­ing bro­ther­hood
Breaks on our ea­ger eyes,
And hu­man hat­reds flee be­fore
The ra­di­ant east­ern skies.

For what are sun­der­ing strains of blood,
Or an­cient caste and creed?
One claim unites all men in God
To serve each hu­man need.
Then here to­ge­ther, bro­ther men,
We pledge the Lord anew
Our loy­al love, our stal­wart faith,
Our ser­vice strong and true.

One com­mon faith unites us all,
We seek one com­mon goal;
One ten­der com­fort broods up­on
The strug­gling hu­man soul.
To this clear call of bro­ther­hood
Our hearts re­spons­ive ring
We join the glo­ri­ous new cru­sade
Of our great Lord and king.