Church Book ‎#145

145. O Christ, our true and only Light

1 O Christ, our true and only Light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Let those afar now hear Thy voice,
And in Thy fold with us rejoice.

2 Fill with the radiance of Thy grace
The souls now lost in error's maze,
And all, O Lord, whose secret minds,
Some dark delusion hurts and blinds.

3 And all who else have strayed from Thee,
O gently seek! Thy healing be
To every wounded conscience given,
And let them also share Thy heaven.

4 O make the deaf to hear Thy Word,
And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Though secretly they hold it now.

5 Shine on the darkened and the cold,
Recall the wanderers to Thy fold,
Unite those now who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.

6 So they with us may evermore
Such grace with wondering thanks adore,
And endless praise to Thee be given,
By all Thy Church in earth and heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: O Christ, our true and only Light
• German Title: O Jesu Christe, wahres Licht
• Author: John Heermann (1630)
• Translator: Miss Winkworth (1858, a.)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Epiphany; Epiphany, Second Sunday; Epiphany, Sixth Sunday; Third Sunday after Trinity; Tenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune #1, #49 or #316

Tune Information

• Name: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S LEBENS LICHT
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Source from index: Pub. at Nuremberg, 1677