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SDA Hymnal 207

It May Be at Morn

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1It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking,
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory,
To receive from the world His own.

RefrainO Lord Jesus, how long, how long
Ere we shout the glad song?
Christ returneth, Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Amen, Hallelujah! Amen.

2It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
When Jesus receives His own.

3O joy! O delight! should we go without dying,
No sickness, no sadness, no dread, and no crying.
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,
When Jesus receives His own.

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The verse

Meter
12.12.12.8
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
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Verse 1

It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,˘˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘12A
When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking,/////˘˘//˘/˘12B
That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12C
To receive from the world His own.˘˘/˘˘/˘/8D

Verse 2

It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘//12A
It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//12A
Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12B
When Jesus receives His own.//˘˘/˘/7C

Verse 3

O joy! O delight! should we go without dying,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘12A
No sickness, no sadness, no dread, and no crying.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12A
Caught up through the clouds with our Lord into glory,/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘13B
When Jesus receives His own.//˘˘/˘/7C

Refrain

O Lord Jesus, how long, how long˘//˘////8A
Ere we shout the glad song?/˘/˘//6A
Christ returneth, Hallelujah! hallelujah!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘12B
Amen, Hallelujah! Amen.˘//˘/˘˘/8C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.