Words: John Morison (1749-1798), from Scottish Paraphrases, 1781
Compare: The People That In Darkness Sat
and The People That In Darkness Walked
(Both adaptations of this hymn)
Music: Dundee,
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Alternate tunes: St. Leonard (Smart), Henry Thomas Smart, 1867
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Dunfermline
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Meter: CM
Source: Percy Dearmer, R. Vaughan Williams, et. al., eds., The English Hymnal. London: Oxford University Press, 1906, #43, pp. 68-9.
1. The race that long in darkness pined,
Have seen a glorious Light;
The people dwell in day, who dwelt
In death's surrounding night.
2. To hail Thy rise, Thou better Sun,
The gathering nations come,
Joyous as when the reapers bear
The harvest treasures home.
3. To us a Child of Hope is born,
To us a Son is given;
Him shall the tribes of earth obey,
Him all the hosts of heaven.
4. His Name shall be the Prince of Peace,
Forevermore adored;
The Wonderful, the Counselor,
The great and mighty Lord.
5. His power increasing still shall spread;
His reign no end shall know:
Justice shall guard His throne above,
And peace abound below.
Note:
Also found in Roundell Palmer, ed., The Book of Praise. Boston: Sever, Francis, & Co., 1870, # XXXVIX, pp. 46-47, which contains this additional verse, attributable to Morison according to the Palmer:
For Thou our burden hast removed,
And quelled the oppressor's sway,
Quick as the slaughtered squadrons fell
In Midian's evil day.
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Sources:
Percy Dearmer, R. Vaughan Williams, et. al., eds., The English Hymnal. London: Oxford University Press, 1906, #43, pp. 68-9.
"Lobt Gott": Charles Wood and George Ratcliffe Woodward, The Cambridge Carol-Book, Being Fifty-Two Songs For Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1924), #34. Harmonization by J.S. Bach (1685-1750).
"Dundee": Percy Dearmer, R. Vaughan Williams, et. al., eds., The English Hymnal. London: Oxford University Press, 1906, #43, p. 68.
