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Text:Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts
Author:William Merrill Vories
Tune:PENTECOST
Composer:William Boyd

480. Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts

1 Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts,
Let there be wisdom on the earth;
Let broad humanity have birth,
Let there be deeds, instead of boasts.

2 Within our passioned hearts instill
The calm that endeth strain and strife;
Make us Thy ministers of life;
Purge us from lusts that curse and kill.

3 Give us the peace of vision clear
To see our brothers' good our own,
To joy and suffer not alone—
The love that casteth out all fear.

4 Let woe and waste of warfare cease,
That useful labor yet may build
Its homes with love and laughter filled;
God, give Thy wayward children peace.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts
Title: Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts
Author: William Merrill Vories (1908)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ;
Topic: Brotherhood; Peace on Earth; Peace, Spiritual (1 more...)
Copyright: Words used by permission of The American Peace Society.
Tune Information
Name: PENTECOST
Composer: William Boyd (c. 1864)
Meter: L. M.
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Music used by permission of Novello & Co., Ltd.



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