Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Stealing from the world away
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Pleyel
Meter: 7s
Tune: Pleyel
Hymn Number: 688
Page Number: 252, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsStealing from the world away,
We are come to seek thy face:
Kindly meet us, Lord, we pray;
Grant us thy reviving grace.
Yonder stars that gild the sky
Shine but with a borrowed light.
We, unless thy light be nigh,
Wander, wrapt in gloomy night.
Sun of Righteousness, dispel
All our darkness, doubts, and fears;
May thy light within us dwell,
Till eternal day appears.