Light of the World, We Hail Thee

Light of the world

we hail Thee

Flushing the east­ern skies;

Never shall dark­ness veil Thee

Again from hu­man eyes;

Too long

alas

with­hold­en

Now spread from shore to shore;

Thy light

so glad and gold­en

Shall set on earth no more.

Light of the world

Thy beau­ty

Steals in­to ev­ery heart

And glo­ri­fies with du­ty

Life’s poor­est

hum­blest

part;

Thou rob­est in Thy splen­dor

The sim­ple ways of men

And help­est them to ren­der

Light back to Thee again.

Light of the world

be­fore Thee

Our spir­its pros­trate fall;

We wor­ship

we ad­ore Thee

Thou Light

the Life of all;

With Thee is no for­get­ting

Of all Thine hand hath made;

Thy ris­ing hath no set­ting

Thy sun­shine hath no shade.

Light of the world

il­lu­mine

This dark­ened earth of Thine

Till ev­ery­thing that’s hu­man

Be filled with what’s di­vine;

Till ev­ery tongue and na­tion

From sin’s do­min­ion free

Rise in the new cre­ation

Which springs from love and Thee.