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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 19, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 42.

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Day Dawn

By L. D. SANTEE

L. D. SANTEE
“But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings.” Mal. 4:2.
SOFTLY o’er the earth the dawn is stealing; Already in the east is twilight gray, The heavens flush, the rosy light revealing: The dreary night of ages fades away.
The long, long night of woe and sin and sorrow, Where death has triumphed for six thousand years, Shall end at last, and bring a glorious morrow,— A reign of peace, all free from sin and tears.
The Morning Star shall come with kingly splendor,— Signs through the land proclaim his advent nigh,— Come to receive his own with love most tender, And bear them to the gardens of the sky.
And to the children, who have longed and waited, The advent brings a blessed, glad release. Long have they toiled, and by the world been hated, But now shall come a reign of love and peace.
Welcome the life, all endless in duration! No anguished partings, and no darkened tomb! Thrice welcome, Christ, the Prince of our salvation, Who shall redeem to earth its Eden bloom!
Moline, Ill.