A47611:2427
Spiritual melody
Spiritual melody, containing near three hundred sacred hymns. By Benjamin Keach, author of Trhopolgia, pastor of the Church of Christ meeting on Horsly-down, Southwark
London: printed for John Hancock, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
HYMN 167. Glorious Light shining forth.
1 Now Christ is preached unto us, His glorious Name made known; The Morning-Star sends forth his light, Dark Shadows now are gone.
1 NOw Christ is preached unto us, His glorious Name made known; The Morning-Star sends forth his light, Dark Shadows now are gone.
2 The Morning of that longed for Day Will soon break forth amain, When glory great shall fill the Earth, And Jesus Christ shall reign.
2 The Morning of that long'd for Day Will soon break forth amain, When glory great shall fill the Earth, And Jesus Christ shall reign.
3 'Twill quickly be that we shall sing A new and pleasant Song, And shall exalt poor Scions King, For whose sweet day we long.
3 'Twill quickly be that we shall sing A new and pleasant Song, And shall exalt poor Sions King, For whose sweet day we long.