dayspring
Example Sentences
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Little old Uncle Saltiel worshiped him, his disreputable cronies idolized him, thought him a dayspring from on high, a light to lighten his people.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not even the soul-benumbing visits of his clerical minister could repress the swell of the slow-mounting dayspring in the soul of the hard, commonplace, business-worshiping man, Hector Crathie.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 by Various
We cannot afford, in one sense, to give up even the semblances and shows of religion, and these will survive until the new dayspring from on high shall supersede the necessity of their existence.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The dayspring from on high had but put to flight the lesser stars.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
The dayspring will glint its glory over thy pathway, and the lustre of morning will bathe thee in heaven.
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Richard Short
