The Light from Calvary

Wondrous light from Cal­va­ry

Every wan­dering one may see

For ’tis kind­ly

bright­ly gleam­ing each day;

With the eye of faith be­hold

And be guid­ed to the fold

From its bless­èd re­fuge nev­er to stray.

Wondrous light from Cal­va­ry

Thro’ each day my pi­lot be!

Safely o’er the rug­ged heights

Thro’ the dark and cheer­less nights

Lead me home

O Cal­va­ry’s won­drous light!

Glorious light from Cal­va­ry

Oh! how pre­cious un­to me

Since I saw its gen­tle beck­on­ing gleam!

I was bow­ing ’neath a load

On sin’s bleak and rug­ged road

When it pierced the gloom in beau­ty su­preme.

Fadeless light from Cal­va­ry

For the mill­ions shin­ing free

Flash it forth up­on the de­so­late waste;

Precious souls are sink­ing there

In the depths of dark des­pair

Will you

Christ­ian

to their res­cue then haste?