The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4095

4095. Light of the World! Forever, Ever Shining

1. Light of the world! forever, ever shining,
There is no change in Thee;
True light of life, all joy and health enshrining,
Thou canst not fade nor flee.

2. Thou hast arisen, but Thou descendeth never;
Today shines as the past;
All that Thou wast Thou art and shalt be ever,
Brightness from first to last.

3. Night visits not Thy sky, nor storm, nor sadness;
Day fills up all its blue—
Unfailing beauty, and unfaltering gladness,
And lover forever new.

4. Light of the world! undimming and unsetting,
O shine each mist away;
Banish the fear, the falsehood, and the fretting;
Be our unchanging day.

Text Information

• First Line: Light of the world! forever, ever shining
• Title: Light of the World! Forever, Ever Shining
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1861)
• Meter: 11.6.11.6
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WILTON
• Composer: Arthur Henry Mann, 1850-1929 (1881)
• Meter: 11.6.11.6
• Incipit: 53212 35466 55176
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain