A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#91

91. The Light from Within

I saw on earth another light
Than that which lit my eye
Come forth, as from my soul within,
And from a higher sky.

Its beams still shone unclouded on,
When in the distant west
The sun I once had known had sunk
Forever to his rest.

And on I walked, though dark the night,
Nor rose his orb by day;
As one to whom a surer guide
Was pointing out the way.

’Twas brighter far than noonday’s beam,
It shone from God within;
And lit, as by a lamp from heaven,
The world’s dark track of sin.

Text Information

• First Line: I Saw on earth another light
• Title: The Light from Within
• Author: Jones Very
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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