"The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee" is an 1840 hymn written by Latter Day Saint apostle Parley P. Pratt.
When the church published its Manchester Hymnal later that year, "The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee" was the first hymn in the work.
It is hymn number 1 in the current LDS Church hymnal under the shortened title, "The Morning Breaks".
The hymn has five verses and centers on the theme that God has restored the gospel to the earth.
The morning breaks, the shadows flee; Lo, Zion’s standard is unfurled!