Joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5
Words: Lucinda B. Bateman, in Gems and Jewels, by James H. Fillmore & James Rosecrans (Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Brothers, 1890), number 144.
Music: James H. Rosecrans (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Bateman (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
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What a morning that will be, Hallelujah!
What a morning! What a morning!
When our eyes the King shall see, Hallelujah!
What a morning that will be!
When all the clouds of darkness break,
When all the dead from dust awake,
And all the just His likeness take,
Oh, what a morning that will be!
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Then, awake and swell the song, Hallelujah!
Joyful notes of praise prolong, Hallelujah!
When we join the ransomed throng, Hallelujah!
What a day of love and peace that will be.
The dreams of earth will soon be o’er,
And death and sorrow come no more,
When we awake on yon fair shore,
Oh, what a morning that will be!
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No waking doubts, no darkening fears,
No long goodbyes in grief and tears,
But joy supreme thro’ endless years,
Oh, what a morning that will be!
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Oh, come away to that bright land,
Before the throne of God we’ll stand,
And sing with all the ransomed band,
Oh, what a morning that will be!
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