dayspring

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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

Blow to the dayspring of Liberty, to the new nation rising calmly above the dangers that beset her dawn.

From The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold A Play for a Greek Theatre by Chapman, John Jay

With this admirable and original leader, Italian medicine of the fifteenth century closes gloriously, to slumber for some fifty years, till the dayspring of the new learning.

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.

The earth appears to be spoken of as being "turned" to the sun, the dayspring; and this, we know, takes place, morning by morning, in consequence of the diurnal rotation.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

Light spreads from the dayspring in the west, and may it shine more and more until the perfect day!

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail