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{ "title": "Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning", "author": "", "tune": "Wesley", "number": "274", "lyrics": "Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!\n\nJoy to the lands that in darkness have lain!\n\nHushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning;\n\nZion in triumph begins her mild reign.\n\n\nHail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!\n\nLong by the prophets of Israel foretold!\n\nHail to the millions from bondage returning!\n\nGentiles and Jews the blest vision behold.\n\n\nLo, in the desert rich flowers are springing,\n\nStreams ever copious are gliding along;\n\nLoud from the mountain tops echoes are ringing,\n\nWastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song.\n\n\nSee, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean,\n\nPraise to Jehovah ascending on high;\n\nFall'n are the engines of war and commotion,\n\nShouts of salvation are rending the sky.", "first_line": "Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!" }