The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6602

6602. There Is a Lamp Whose Steady Light

1. There is a lamp whose steady light
Can guide the traveler in the night;
’Tis God’s own Word; its beaming ray
Can turn a midnight into day.

Refrain
Give me this lamp to light my road,
This storehouse for my daily food;
Give me this chart for life’s rough sea,
These healing leaves, this healing tree.

2. There is a chart whose tracings show
The onward course where tempests blow;
’Tis God’s own Word; there, there is found
Direction for the homeward bound. [Refrain]

3. There is a tree whose leaves impart
Health to the burdened, contrite heart;
’Tis God’s own Word; it cures of sin,
And makes the guilty conscience clean. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There is a lamp whose steady light
• Title: There Is a Lamp Whose Steady Light
• Author: Henry John Betts (1874)
• Refrain First Line: Give me this lamp to light my road
• Language: English
• Source: The Brilliant, by William T. Giffe (Indianapolis, Indiana: 1874)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [There is a lamp whose steady light]
• Composer: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (1902)
• Incipit: 55551 21775 52232
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Joyful Praise (Cincinnati, Ohio: Jennings & Graham, 1902), number 102
• Copyright: Public Domain