Keep a Light in the Window

Keep a light in the win­dow burn­ing

Faint tho’ its glim­mer­ing be;

It may light­en some home­less wan­der­er

Tossing on life’s dark sea.

It may whis­per words of com­fort

And hope to the sink­ing heart;

Of the bea­con that fade­less gleam­eth

When the sun­beams of earth de­part.

Keep a light in the win­dow burn­ing

Brilliantly for a sign;

That up­on you the Lord of glo­ry

Maketh His face to shine.

Hoping that some long lost bro­ther

Waylaid in the path of sin;

May see its wel­come glim­mer

And joy­ful­ly en­ter in.

Keep a light in the win­dow burn­ing

Ye who in Christ re­joice;

And with hope­ful souls are wait­ing

For the sound of the Bride­groom’s voice.

Till the light of His glo­ri­ous pre­sence

Extinguish the fee­ble ray;

Like the morn­ing star it shall van­ish

In the light of the per­fect day.