“Hail to the brightness.”

Millennial Harp (1843), Supplement («SUPPLEMENT TO THE HARP.»), printed p. 16 (PDF 308), the whole
page. Two staves with no printed names: a treble staff carrying two voices on one stem (the upper
voice is the tune) and a bass; B-flat major, 3/4. The first stanza is printed between the staves with
the number «1.»; stanzas 2–4 are printed as verse below the music, numbered. Metre 11.10.11.10 (counted
from the stanzas; not printed). Printed p. 17 begins another hymn.

Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning !
Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain ;
Hush'd be the accents of sorrow and mourning,
Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.

Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning,
Long by the prophets of Israel foretold;
Hail to the millions from bondage returning,
Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold.

Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing,
Streams ever copious are gliding along;
Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ringing
Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song.

See, the dead risen from land and from ocean,
Praise to Jehovah ascending on high;
Fall'n are the engines of war and commotion,
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky.