From Alton, Illinois, in the true-blue United States of America:
Sound over all waters, reach out from all lands,
The chorus of voices, the clasping of hands;
Syng hymns that were sung by the stars of the morn,
Sing songs of the angels when Jesus was born,
With glad jubilation, bring hope to the nations:
The dark night is ending and dawn has begun!
Rise, hope of the ages, arise like the sun!
All speech flows to music, all hearts beat as one!
The dark night is ending and dawn has begun.
These words were composed by John Greenleaf Whitter in 1873, when the wounds from the Civil War were still fresh; in the wake of the past eight years (or maybe 40?) these words seem just as fitting today as they were then. The hymn itself is powerful; wait 'till you hear it sung! The moment the election was called for Barack Obama, this song started playing in my mind, and it hasn't stopped playing since.
Cheers and Jeers begins......Right NOW!
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