Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Stealing from the world away
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: Ray Palmer
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 577
Page Number: 349, 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.