Yes! We Trust the Day Is Breaking

Included in These Compilations

• Kelly (1769-1855); in his Hymns, 1809
• A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841 no. 280
• Bradbury's Fresh Laurels for the Sunday School, 1867
• The Otterbein Hymnal: For Use in Public and Social Worship, 1892 no. 453

Associated Tunes

• Missionary
• Gospel Victory
• Zion

Lyrics

• Poet: Thomas Kelly, 1809
• Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841

Hymn 280
8s, 7s, & 4.
1. Yes! we trust the day is breaking;
Joyful times are near at hand;
God—the mighty God is speaking
By his word, in every land;
When he chooses,
Darkness flies at his command.

2. While the foe becomes more daring,
While he enters like a flood,
God, the Savior, is preparing
Means to spread his truth abroad:
Every language
Soon shall tell the love of God.

3. Oh! 'tis pleasant—'tis reviving
To our hearts to hear, each day,
Joyful news from far arriving,
How the gospel wins its way;
Those enlightening,
Who in death and darkness lay.

4. God of Jacob, high and glorious,
Let thy people see thy hand;
Let the gospel be victorious,
Through the world—in every land;
Then shall idols
Perish, Lord—at thy command.

Lyrics from The Otterbein Hymnal: For Use in Public and Social Worship, 1892

453     Zion. 8s, 7s & 4s.

_Hopeful View._     (1042)

Yes, we trust the day is breaking;
Joyful times are near at hand;
God, the mighty God, is speaking
By his word in ev'ry land;
When he chooses,
Darkness flies at his command.

2 While the foe becomes more daring,
While he enters like a flood
God, the Savior, is preparing
Means to spread his truth abroad,
Ev'ry language
Soon shall tell the love of God.

3 Oh, 'tis pleasant, 'tis reviving
To our hearts, to hear, each day,
Joyful news, from far arriving,
How the gospel wins its way,
Those enlight'ning
Who in death and darkness lay.

4 God of Jacob, high and glorious,
Let thy people see thy hand;
Let the gospel be victorious,
Through the world in every land;
Then shall idols
Perish, Lord, at thy command.