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Light's Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky

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1 Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky;
heaven thunders forth its victor-cry:
Alleluia, alleluia.
The glad earth shouts her triumph high,
and groaning hell makes wild reply:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia.

2 That Eastertide with joy was bright,
the sun shone out with fairer light,
when, to their longing eyes restored,
the glad apostles saw their Lord:

3 He bade them see his hands, his side,
where yet the glorious wounds abide;
the tokens true which made it plain
their Lord indeed was risen again:

4 Jesu, the King of gentleness,
do thou thyself our hearts possess,
that we may give thee all our days
the tribute of our grateful praise:

5 All praise be thine, O risen Lord,
from death to endless life restored;
all praise to God the Father be
and Holy Ghost eternally:

Source: Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #208

Translator: J. M. Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly tem­perament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky
Title: Light's Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky
Latin Title: Aurora lucis rutilat
Translator: J. M. Neale (1851)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: Latin, c. 7th cent.; Ambrosian, 4th-5th Century, stanzas 1-4
Language: English
Notes: Last two stanzas are a medieval addition.
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

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Tune

LASST UNS ERFREUEN

LASST UNS ERFREUEN derives its opening line and several other melodic ideas from GENEVAN 68 (68). The tune was first published with the Easter text "Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr" in the Jesuit hymnal Ausserlesene Catlwlische Geistliche Kirchengesänge (Cologne, 1623). LASST UNS ERFREUEN appeared…

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Timeline

Media

The Book of Common Praise: being the hymn book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #159b
The Cyber Hymnal #3763
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 36 of 36)
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A Church hymnal #293

Text

Ancient and Modern #208

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #443

Australian Hymn Book #276

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #54

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #274

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #135

Text

Common Praise #149

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CPWI Hymnal #176a

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CPWI Hymnal #176b

Easter Hymns #47

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Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #80

Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #126

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #142

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #329

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #602

Hymns Ancient and Modern #109

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #157

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Magnify the Lord #129

Resurgit #d81

The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #276

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The Book of Common Praise #129

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The Book of Common Praise #159a

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The Book of Common Praise #159b

The Book of Common Praise #159c

The Book of Common Praise #832

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The Book of Common Praise #162

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The Church Hymnal #81

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The Cyber Hymnal #3763

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #473

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d358

The Saint Dunstan Hymnal, Plainsong Hymns with Accompaniments, from the Manuscripts of the late Rev. Winfred Douglas #d32

The Summit Choirbook #88

The Treasury of Easter Music #50

Text

Together in Song #360

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