Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Stealing from the world away
Topic: Prayer
Writer: Ray Palmer
Composer: J Fillmore
Meter: 7s
Tune: Flower
Hymn Number: 450
Page Number: 149, 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.