Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Light of them that sit in darkness
Topic: Missionary Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s 7s and 4s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 247
Page Number: 329, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLIGHT of them that sit in darkness,
Rise and shine, thy blessings bring;
Light to lighten all the Gentiles!
Rise with healing on thy wing;
To thy brightness
Let all kings and nations come.
May the heathen, now adoring
Idol-gods of wood and stone,
Come, and worshipping before him
Serve the living God alone!
Let thy glory
Fill the earth as floods the sea.
Thou to whom all power is given,
Speak the word: at thy command
Let thy truth and faithful heralds
Spread thy name from land to land:
Lord, be with them
Always to the end of time.