Lyr Add: BRIGHTER DAYS IN STORE
(or - Brigham's Hard Times Come Again No More)

I will sing of the Mormons, the people of the Lord,
Since the time that Joseph prayed for light,
And the Way they've been guided by Jesus' holy light,
And saved by power of his might.

Chorus:
'Tis the song, the sigh of the Mormons,
Hard times, hard times long have pressed us sore;
Many days they have lingered around our cabin door,
But now we've brighter days in store.

Each time that the wicked have tried to overthrow
And to bring the work of God to naught,
The way has been opened for the Saints of God to escape,
A ram in the thicket was caught.

The grasshoppers, crickets, and mobbers all combined
Were powerless to crush our noble cause.
The more we are hated, the more we are maligned,
The more the church of Jesus grows.

Mormon Songs From The Rocky Mountains, ed. by Thomas E. Cheney, 1968 (1981), p. 91-92. This song published by Fife (1947) and others. Recorded by Columbia Records, Mormon Legacy.
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