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

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

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

The scene of woe was gone, and the dayspring of hope had risen for the two girls.

From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Green, Anna Katharine

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 Mudge, James