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Author: Lucy A. Bennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Dear Savior, thro' the far-spent night Lyrics: 1. Dear Savior, thro’ the far-spent night We wait and watch for Thee; The light of earth for us has set Behind dark Calvary. 2. We yearn to see the rosy dawn Whose promise beams afar; And ever, with expectant hearts, Desire the Morning Star. 3. Oh dawn most fair! Oh day most bright! Across the eastern sky The Advent-glory soon shall break— Redemption draweth nigh. 4. It may be sooner than we think Shall end the long delay! It may be that the Bridegroom-King E’en now is on His way! Used With Tune: LOVE DIVINE (Holmes) Text Sources: Hymns of Consecration and Faith, by James Mountain (London: Marshall Brothers, new & enlarged edition, circa 1902), number 419

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LOVE DIVINE (Holmes)

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry James Ernest Holmes Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 34332 17155 46217 Used With Text: Till the Day Dawn

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Till the Day Dawn

Author: Lucy A. Bennett Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Dear Savior, thro' the far-spent night Lyrics: 1. Dear Savior, thro’ the far-spent night We wait and watch for Thee; The light of earth for us has set Behind dark Calvary. 2. We yearn to see the rosy dawn Whose promise beams afar; And ever, with expectant hearts, Desire the Morning Star. 3. Oh dawn most fair! Oh day most bright! Across the eastern sky The Advent-glory soon shall break— Redemption draweth nigh. 4. It may be sooner than we think Shall end the long delay! It may be that the Bridegroom-King E’en now is on His way! Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE DIVINE (Holmes)

Till the Day Dawn

Author: Lucy A. Bennett Hymnal: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #419 (1902) First Line: Dear Saviour, thro' the far-spent night Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE DIVINE

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Lucy A. Bennett

1850 - 1927 Author of "Till the Day Dawn" in The Cyber Hymnal Lucy A. Bennett was born on January 8, 1850 in Green Farm, Falfield, Gloucestershire, England. She was a staunch Methodist and a poet. She began to write poems, hymns and prose at an early age. As a young woman, she attended Keswick Conventions where she met and corresponded with prominent Christian leaders, including Christina Rosseti and C. H. Spurgeon. She was active at Mount Pleasant Chapel where she arranged for ministers, led a Bible Class for women, and visited and helped the poor and needy. She helped to found All Nations College, Upper Norwood and Mount Hermon College, Streatham Common. She died on March 10, 1927 Dianne Shapiro, from Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879: an annotated biobiliography by Catherine W. Reilly (London: Mansell Publishing Ltd., 2000, and "A tribute to the life and work of Brian Torode" (btsarnia.org) accessed 9/20/2020

Henry J. E. Holmes

1852 - 1938 Person Name: Henry James Ernest Holmes Composer of "LOVE DIVINE (Holmes)" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: March 5, 1852, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Died: October 1938, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Buried: Burnley, Lancashire, England. Son of Richard and Jane Holmes, Henry’s father and great grandfather were both solicitors; his father had offices in Colne and Burnley. Henry was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. In 1875, he became an Attorney for Common Law and was admitted a Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery. He was articled to his father in November 1869, and practiced in Burnley for over 60 years, first in partnership with his brother Richard Marmaduke as Holmes and Holmes. He continued to practice on his own as Holmes and Holmes after his brother’s death in 1894, and later as Messrs. Holmes, Butterfield and Hartley. Holmes had moved from the family home on Westgate some time after the death of his sister Susannah in 1878. By 1881, he was living at 12 Palatine Square. Holmes was intimately associated with church and Sunday school work all his life. At age 17, he became a teacher and later a lay superintendent of Sandygate Sunday school, connected with Holy Trinity Church, a position he held nearly 20 years. From the 1880’s he took a deep interest in "The Home for Little Boys" at Farningham, Kent. His desire to help in this work led to the formation of the Burnley branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Another organization that Holmes took a great interest in was the Burnley Law Society, which he helped found in 1883; he lived to be the last survivor of the eight founders. Holmes is said to have written over 250 hymn tunes in his life. --www.hymntime.com/tch/