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The Last Lovely Morning

The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

98 words changed · 5 stanzas only in Millennial Harp #7

Verse 1

THE last lovely morning,
All blooming and fair,
At last over fleeting,
And soon will appear,



Verse 1

THE last lovely morning,
All blooming and fair,
Is fast onward fleeting,
And soon will appear,
While the mighty, mighty, mighty, trump
Sounds "Come, come away!"
O! let us be ready
To hail the glad day.

Verse 3

While the mighty, mighty, mighty
trump sounds "Come, come
away!"

Verse 2

And when that bright morning
In splendor shall dawn,
Our tears will be ended,
Our sorrows all gone.
While the mighty, &c.

Verse 4

And when that bright morning In splendor shall dawn,

Not in this version

Verse 6

The Bridegroom from glory
To earth shall descend;


Verse 3

The Bridegroom from glory
To earth shall descend;
Ten thousand bright angels
Around him attend.
While the mighty, &c.

Verse 5

Our tears will be ended,
Our sorrows all gone;


While the mighty, &c.

Verse 4

The graves will be open'd,
The dead will arise,
And with the Redeemer
Mount up to the skies.
While the mighty, &c.

Verse 7

Ten thousand bright angels
Around him attend.


While the mighty, &c.

Verse 5

The saints then immortal,
In glory shall reign;
The Bride with the Bridegroom
For ever remain.
While the mighty, &c.

Verse 2



O! let us be ready
To hail the glad day.

Refrain

While the mighty, mighty, mighty, trump
Sounds "Come, come away!"
O! let us be ready
To hail the glad day.

Verse 8

The graves will be open'd, The dead will arise,

Not in this version

Verse 9

And, with the Redeemer Mount up to the skies. While the mighty, &c.

Not in this version

Verse 10

The saints then immortal, In glory shall reign!

Not in this version

Verse 11

The Bride with the Bridegroom Forever remain. While the mighty, &c.

Not in this version

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