The Morning Breaks

(This selection is for the Junior Boys' Choruses, to be sung by- contestant's, at the final M. I. A. contest, June, 1914.)

Parley P. Pratt

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1. The morn - ing breaks, the shad-ows flee; Lo! Zi - on's

2. Je - ho . van speaks! let earth give ear, And Gen tile

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day Ma - jes-tic ris - es bare, His cov'nant peo - pie

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vine; The glory bursting from a - far, Wide o'er the borne; Thus Zi-on's light is burst-ing forth, To cheer her

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na - tions soon will shine. The morning breaks, the shadows children's glad re - turn.

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THE MORNING BREAKS. A little slower. 2nd Soprano.

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The gen-tile fulness now comes in,

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Is - rael's blessings are at hand,

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.ami is - raei s uiessmgs are at nanu,

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Lo!Judah'sremnant,cleansed from sin,Shall in their promisedCanaan stand.

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Note— Full sheet copy, with piano or organ accompaniment, should be procured for the accompanist; regular price 40 cents. Author will send to M. I. A. at reduced price of 25 cents per copy. Address, E. Stephens, corner 12th South and State Sts., Salt Lake City, Utah.

A Christmas Thought

He came a guest, yet' no one bade him stay, E'en though with him came love-gifts for us all; No room for him, a stranger in their hall. They thrust him out, nor cared what might befall, For whom they wail in sackcloth till this day.

Men's hearts are touched with thoughts of Bethlehem, Where love-songs floated down the heavenly way; And heaven lay close to earth, on that glad day, When Christ was born with a right to reign alway

As Prince and King o'er all the world of men.

Lydia D. Alder.