#1 "The Morning Breaks"

Today is the first day of my "2012 Hymn Challenge" where I have made a goal to play and sing a new hymn each day. The first song in the hymn book is "The Morning Breaks". I remember growing up in the Monterey Park Ward (East Los Angeles Stake) and back then, this hymn was listed in the "Choir" section. I sang with our ward's choir as a teenager and I loved the part where the men sing "The dawning of a brighter day" in their rich bass and tenor voices, and then the sopranos and altos echo that line in their range. What a perfect hymn to begin this new year!