Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Stealing from the world away
Topic: Christ/Light
Writer: Ray Palmer
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: 7s
Tune: Aletta
Hymn Number: 463
Page Number: 161, 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 borrow'd 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.