Thou Lord of Light, Across the Years

Thou Lord of light

across the years

Thy shin­ing path of love we see;

Bright glows amid our joys and fears

The ar­dor of our faith in Thee.

We thank Thee for these years of pow­er

For stal­wart souls

for gen­tle life

For men trans­formed to meet the hour

Of blast­ing wrong

of surg­ing strife.

For men who gird the world with flame

Who count for Thee all things but loss

Who chal­lenge na­tions in Thy name

To hear the sto­ry of Thy cross.

Yet

beat­ing thro’ our gra­ti­tude

We feel the pulse of com­ing days;

Thy truth must stand where it has stood;

New dark­ness waits its death­less rays.

High cour­age grant

the out­look broad

The strength of joy

the zest for right

The faith that burns

the sense of God

Thy fel­low­ship

Thou Lord of light.