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Break, dawn divine, throughout the world

Break, dawn divine, throughout the world

Author: Raymond Byrd Spivey
Tune: ZERAH
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: Raymond Byrd Spivey

Spivey, Raymond Byrd. Born in North Carolina, he was educated at Lees-McRae Junior College, King College, and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Served churches in Madill, Oklahoma; Petersburg, Alaska; School of the Ozarks, Missouri; Palmyra-Hannibal, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland; and Arthurdale, West Virginia. For a period he also was superintendent of church extension in the Indian Presbytery of Oklahoma. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Break, dawn divine, throughout the world
Author: Raymond Byrd Spivey
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Publication Date: 1971
Copyright: Copyright 1971 by the Hymn Society of America

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Hymn Society of America [Hymns Published for Special Occasions, and on Special Subjects] 1942-79 #d18

Seven New Hymns of Hope #1

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