O One with God the Father

lyricist: William How, 1871
Composer: Joseph Barnby, 1869

O One with God the Fa­ther

In ma­jes­ty and might

The bright­ness of His glo­ry

Eternal light of light

O’er this our home of dark­ness

Thy rays are stream­ing now;

The sha­dows flee be­fore Thee

The world’s true light art Thou.

Yet

Lord

we but dark­ly

O heav­en­ly light

arise

Dispel these mists that shroud us

And hide Thee from our eyes.

We long to track the foot­prints

That Thou Thy­self hast trod;

We long to see the path­way

That leads to Thee our God.

O Je­sus

shine around us

With ra­di­ance of Thy grace;

O Je­sus

turn up­on us

The bright­ness of Thy face.

We need no star to guide us

As on our way we press

If Thou Thy light vouch­saf­est

O sun of right­eous­ness.

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