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Second Advent

The night is spent; the morning ray

  • No. 898
  • Metre C. P. M.
  • Words Anon.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

The night is spent; the morning rayComes ushering in the glorious day,The promised time of rest.Hark! 'tis the trumpet sounding clear,Its joyful notes burst on the ear,Proclaiming tidings blest.

2

Ah! see, the graves are opening now,The saints come forth, and every browBeams with a radiant joy;To life immortal they arise,Inheritors of Paradise,Where death cannot destroy.

3

Stupendous scene! those men of old,—Prophets, who have the story toldOf this transcendent day,The patriarchs, apostles too,Who lived and died with it in view,Come forth in bright array.

4

Now satisfied; for like their Lord,Whose promise shines within the word,His likeness they should wear;A glittering host, like stars on high,In glory and in majesty,Upon the earth appear!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «898» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 300, under «Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.» of hymn 897, with the reference line «235, 658.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 235 CHARDON or 658 MERIBAH, both C. P. M.; no meter is printed — the lines 8.8.6.8.8.6 are C. P. M., like the referenced tunes and like ARIEL, hymn 897, printed above). Stanza 1 begins at the foot of the left column (3 lines) and continues at the top of the right column («Hark! 'tis the trumpet sounding clear, …»); stanzas 2–4 follow in the right column. Stanzas numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 3 and 6 indented. The first word «THE» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «The». «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, at the foot of the right column. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («spent ;», «Hark !», «joy ;», «scene !», «satisfied ;», «wear ;», «appear !»); it is closed up here. Apostrophes are written straight («'tis»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Second Advent · No. 898 · printed page 300
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02