We Hail the Rising Day Star

We hail the ris­ing Day Star—

The lamp with­in our heart

Has ban­ished all our dark­ness

And bid the night de­part.

We felt our blind eyes op­en

And ceased our doubt-filled war

When first we did re­ceive Him

The bright and morn­ing star.

Now icy pride is melt­ed

And sha­dows fled away;

The sun­rise is up­on us

As stub­born hearts give way;

The tes­ti­mony cer­tain

Prophetic truth pro­claim:

Let light shine into dark­ness

Erasing fear and shame.

With bor­rowed light re­flect­ing

The Spir­it in our heart

We spread the glo­ri­ous tid­ings

To Earth’s re­mot­est part;

Unseeing eyes will op­en

And deaf ears hear the voice:

See in the east aris­ing

The best and per­fect choice.

And when our task is ov­er

Our time on Earth is done

We lie down to await Him

The pro­mised com­ing sun;

Earth’s fi­nal dawn aris­ing

With light from shore to shore

The bright eter­nal shin­ing

The sun to set no more.