The dawn of vic­to­ry
Breaks ov­er Cal­v’ry’s hill,
Flooding the cross with waves of gold,
While yet the world is still.
Dawn of a glo­ri­ous morn,
Shines where the Sav­ior died,
Changing dark­ness to the light of Heav’n,
Thro’ Je­sus cru­ci­fied.

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Praise be to Him, our con­quer­ing Sav­ior,
Tried and slain for the sins of man.
Bright glows the love He of­fers free,
Bright shines the hope of li­ber­ty.
Bright gleams the dawn of vic­to­ry,
For Christ now lives again.

The dawn of vic­to­ry
Leaps thro’ a night of gloom,
Piercing with liv­ing swords of flame,
The Sav­ior’s hal­lowed tomb.
Dawn of a glad new day,
Shining with ho­ly light,
Glorifies the place from which the Lord
Is ris­en in His might.

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The dawn of vic­to­ry
Breaks o’er the world to­day,
Cheering the hope­less, bright­en­ing all
With each warm heav’n­ly ray.
See how its rain­bow beams
Promise sweet days of peace,
Gift of Him who rose to die no more,
Whose king­dom ne’er shall cease.

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