Text:Light of Light, Enlighten Me
Author:Benjamin Schmolk
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:HINCHMAN
Composer:Uzziah C. Burnap

73. Light of Light, Enlighten Me

1 Light of light, enlighten me,
Now anew the day is dawning;
Sun of grace, the shadows flee;
Brighten Thou my Sabbath morning;
With Thy joyous sunshine blest,
Happy is my day of rest.

2 Let me with my heart today,
Holy, holy, holy, singing,
Rapt awhile from earth away,
All my soul to Thee upspringing,
Have a foretaste inly given
How they worship Thee in heaven.

3 Hence all care, all vanity!
For the day to God is holy;
Come, Thou glorious Majesty,
Deign to fill this temple lowly;
Nought today my soul shall move,
Simply resting in Thy love.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Light of light, enlighten me
Title: Light of Light, Enlighten Me
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
Author: Benjamin Schmolk (1714)
Meter: 7. 8. 7. 8. 7. 7.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Aspiration; God: Light; Lord's Day, The (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: HINCHMAN
Composer: Uzziah C. Burnap (1869)
Meter: 7. 8. 7. 8. 7. 7.
Key: F Major
Notes: Alternative tune, "Liebster Jesu," Hymn 248.



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