Out of Darkness into Light

Long in dark­ness we have wait­ed

For the shin­ing of the light;

Long have felt the things we hat­ed

Sink us still in deep­er night.

Blessèd Je­sus

lov­ing Sav­ior!

Tender

faith­ful

strong and true

Break the fet­ters that have bound us

Make us in Thy­self anew.

Now

at last

the Light ap­pear­eth

Jesus stands up­on the shore;

And with ten­der voice

He call­eth

Come to Me and sin no more!

Nothing have we

but our weak­ness

Naught but sor­row

sin and care;

All with­in is loath­some vile­ness

All with­out is dark des­pair.

All our tal­ents we have wast­ed

All Thy laws have dis­ob­eyed

But Thy good­ness now we’ve tast­ed

In Thy robes we stand ar­rayed.

Thou hast saved us—do Thou keep us

Guide us by Thine eye di­vine;

Let the Ho­ly Spir­it teach us

That our light may ev­er shine.