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
Looking to the dayspring, there is what we have waited for, there the end of our hope, prone and shrouded.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
For in Scotland the dayspring was now risen upon men!
From John Knox by A. Taylor Innes
Dark, dark hath been the midnight, But dayspring is at hand, And glory, glory dwelleth In Immanuel's land.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
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 E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
