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References
- Terryl L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow (2011). Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism (New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195375734) pp. 179–80
- David Maxwell, "'The Morning Breaks': George Careless, Musical Pioneer", Ensign , February 1984
- "Latter-day Saint Hymns: 'The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee'", Millennial Star , vol. 88, no. 2 (14 January 1926) pp. 28–31
