The Dawn is Sprinkling in the East

Hymn: Aurora Iam Spargit Polum

The dawn is sprinkling in the east

Its golden shower, as day flows in;

Fast mount the pointed shafts of light:

Farewell to darkness and to sin!

Away, ye midnight phantoms all!

Away, despondence and despair!

Whatever guilt the night has brought

Now let it vanish into air.

So, Lord, when that last morning breaks,

Looking to which we sigh and pray,

O may it to Thy minstrels prove

The dawning of a better day.

To God the Father glory be,

And to His sole begotten Son;

Glory, O Holy Ghost, to Thee

While everlasting ages run.

Milky Way Over the 12 Apostles ~ by Christopher Chan

To You Before the Close of Day

From the Canadian Prayer Book

To you before the close of day, Creator of all things, we pray that, in your saving constancy, our guard and keeper you would be. Save us from troubled, restless sleep; from all ill dreams your children keep. So calm our minds that fears may cease and rested bodies wake in peace. A healthy life we ask of you: the fire of love in us renew, and when the dawn new light will bring, your praise and glory we shall sing. Almighty Father, hear our cry through Jesus Christ, our Lord, most high, Whom with the Spirit we adore forever and for evermore. Amen.

~ Milky Way on the Rocks (Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, Canada) by Adam Woodworth