Hymnal of the Church of God ‎#430

430. The Church's Jubilee

1 The light of eventide now shines the darkness to dispel,
The glories of fair Zion's state ten thousand voices tell;
For out of Babel God doth call his scattered saints in one,
Together all one church compose,the body of his Son.

Refrain:
O Church of God, the day of jubilee
Has dawned so bright and glorious for thee:
Rejoice, be glad! thy Shepherd has begun
His long divided flock again to gather into one.

2 The Bible is our rule of faith and Christ alone is Lord,
All we are equal in his sight when we obey his word;
No earthly master do we know, to man-rule will not bow,
But to each other and to God etneral trueness vow. [Refrain]

3 The day of sects and creeds for us forevermore is past,
Our brotherhood are all the saints upon the world so vast;
We reach our hands in fellowship to every blood-washed one,
While love entwines about each heart in which God's will is done. [Refrain]

4 O blessed truth that broke our bonds! in it we now rejoice,
While in the holy church of God we hear our Savior's voice;
And gladly to his blessed will submissive we shall be,
And from the yokes of Babel's lords from henceforth we are free. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The light of eventide now shines the darkness to dispel
• Title: The Church's Jubilee
• Author: Charles W. Naylor (1923)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1953

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