The Morning Breaks

First line: The morning breaks, the shadows flee / The morning breaks; the shadows flee; Lo, Zion’s / The morning breaks

Original language: English

Words: Parley P. Pratt
Music: George Careless

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The Morning Breaks
Hymns (1985, 2002 ed.), no. 1

1. The morning breaks, the shadows flee;Lo, Zion’s standard is unfurled!The dawning of a brighter day,The dawning of a brighter dayMajestic rises on the world.
2. The clouds of error disappearBefore the rays of truth divine;The glory bursting from afar,The glory bursting from afarWide o’er the nations soon will shine.
3. The Gentile fulness now comes in,And Israel’s blessings are at hand.Lo, Judah’s remnant, cleansed from sin,Lo, Judah’s remnant, cleansed from sin,Shall in their promised Canaan stand.
4. Jehovah speaks! Let earth give ear,And Gentile nations turn and live.His mighty arm is making bare,His mighty arm is making bareHis cov’nant people to receive.
5. —Angels from heav’n and truth from earthHave met, and both have record borne;Thus Zion’s light is bursting forth,Thus Zion’s light is bursting forthTo bring her ransomed children home.

The morning breaks, the shadows flee
Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1912 ed.), 1

1. The morning breaks, the shadows flee;Lo! Zion’s standard is unfurled.The dawning of a brighter dayMajestic rises on the world.
2. The clouds of error disappearBefore the rays of truth divine;The glory, bursting from afar,Wide o’er the nations soon will shine.
3. The Gentile fulness now comes in,And Israel’s blessings are at hand;Lo! Judah’s remnant, cleansed from sin,Shall in their promised Canaan stand.
4. Jehovah speaks! let earth give ear,And Gentile nations turn and live;His mighty arm is making bare,His covenant people to receive.
5. Angels from heaven, and truth from earthHave met, and both have record borne;Thus Zion’s light is bursting forth,To bring her ransomed children home.

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Tunes that have appeared with this song in English

Appearances of this song over time in English

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The Morning Breaks

Hymns (1985, 2002 ed.), no. 1

The Morning Breaks (SATB)

The Choirbook (1980, 1995 ed.), 4

Arr.: Hal K. Campbell

The Morning Breaks

Hymns: Simplified Accompaniments (1986, 1986 ed.), 1

Arr.: Darwin Wolford

The Morning Breaks

Music from Face to Face for Young Adults , 1

Artist: Jake Potter; Chase Elwood; Angela Sander (piano); Summer Bradshaw (violin); Alyssa Bradshaw (cello)

The Morning Breaks

Hymns (1985, 1998 ed.), no. 1

The Morning Breaks

Hymns (1985, 1985 ed.), no. 1

The Morning Breaks

Favorite Seminary Songs (1961, 1965 ed.), 26c

The Morning Breaks; the Shadows Flee (Choir)

Hymns (1948, 1979 ed.), 269

The Morning Breaks; The Shadows Flee (Women’s Voices)

Hymns (1948, 1979 ed.), 373

The Morning Breaks; the Shadows Flee (Choir)

Hymns (1948, 1961-b ed.), 269

The Morning Breaks; The Shadows Flee (Women’s Voices)

Hymns (1948, 1961-b ed.), 373

The Morning Breaks; the Shadows Flee (Choir)

Hymns (1948, 1960-a ed.), 269

The Morning Breaks; The Shadows Flee (Women’s Voices)

Hymns (1948, 1960-a ed.), 373

The Morning Breaks; the Shadows Flee (Choir)

Hymns (1948, 1950 ed.), 269

The Morning Breaks; The Shadows Flee (Women’s Voices)

Hymns (1948, 1950 ed.), 373

The Morning Breaks; the Shadows Flee

Hymns (1948, 1948 ed.), 269

The Morning Breaks, The Shadows Flee

Hymns (1948, 1948 ed.), 373

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1940 ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1936 ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1928ca-b ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1928ca-a ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1928 ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927, 1927 ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Songs of Zion (1908, 1925 ed.), 193

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Songs of Zion (1908, 1920 ed.), 193

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Songs of Zion (1908, 1918 ed.), 193

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Songs of Zion (1908, 1912 ed.), 193

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Songs of Zion (1908, 1908 ed.), 193

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1920 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1915 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1912 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1908 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1906 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1902 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1896 ed.), 33

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Latter-day Saints’ Psalmody (1889, 1889 ed.), 33

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Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 2008 ed.), 440

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

The Hymnal (RLDS) (1956, 1966 ed.), 282

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

The Hymnal (RLDS) (1956, 1958 ed.), 282

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

The Hymnal (RLDS) (1956, 1956 ed.), 282

Unofficial or Local Publications

The Morning Breaks

Latter-Day Saints Congregational Hymns, Volume 1 (1919, 1919 ed.), 3

The Morning Breaks

Sacred Choruses for Male Singers (1937, 1937 ed.), 47

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Saints Hymnal (Bickerton) (1919, 1998 ed.), 393

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Zion’s Hymnal (Church of Christ, Temple Lot) (1975, 2013 ed.), 104

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 1998 ed.), 148

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Hymns of the Restoration (Restoration Hymn Society) (1984, 1984 ed.), 148

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Zion’s Hymnal (Church of Christ, Temple Lot) (1975, 1975 ed.), 104

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

The Hymnal for Youth (Herald Edition, RLDS) (1951, 1955 ed.), 390

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

The Saints’ Hymnal (RLDS, Replica) (1933, 1998-replica ed.), 411

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

The Saints’ Hymnal (RLDS) (1933, 1951 ed.), 411

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

The Saints’ Hymnal (RLDS) (1933, 1945 ed.), 411

Unofficial or Local Publications

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Millennial Hymns of Parley P. Pratt (1913, 1913 ed.), 1a

Unofficial or Local Publications

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Millennial Hymns of Parley P. Pratt (1913, 1913 ed.), 1b

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Gospel Hymns (RLDS) (1994, 1994 ed.), 9

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The Morning Breaks

Restoration Festival Hymn Book (RLDS) (1978, 1978u-a ed.), 9

The Morning Breaks, Etc.

Selection of Hymns for Special Services (1894, 1894 ed.), 1

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Strang) (1849, 1850 ed.), 96

Unofficial or Local Publications

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Adams) (1845, 1845 ed.), 8

Other Restoration-Based Denominations

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Rigdon) (1845, 1845 ed.), 62

Unofficial or Local Publications

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Hardy) (1843, 1843 ed.), 92

Unofficial or Local Publications

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Choice Hymns (Merkley) (1841, 1841 ed.), 16

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Nauvoo Hymnal) (1841, 1841 ed.), 22

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1912 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1905 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1899 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1897 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1894 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1891 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1890 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1887 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1884 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1883 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1871-a ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1869 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1851 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1847-a ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1844 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1843 ed.), 1

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1841 ed.), 1

The morning breaks the shadows flee

Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1840 ed.), 1

The Morning Breaks

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