The Dawn of Victory

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.

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.

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.