The Hymnal ‎#400

400. The light of God is falling

1 The light of God is falling
Upon life's common way;
The Master's voice still calling,
"Come, walk with Me today";
No duty can seem lowly
To him who lives with Thee,
And all of life grows holy,
O Christ of Galilee!

2 Who shares his life's pure pleasures,
And walks the honest road,
Who trades with heaping measures,
And lifts his brother's load,
Who turns the wrong down bluntly,
And lends the right a hand,
He dwells in God's own country,
He tills the Holy Land.

3 Where human lives are thronging
In toil and pain and sin,
While cloistered hearts are longing
To bring the Kingdom in,
O Christ, the Elder Brother
Of proud and beaten men,
When they have found each other,
Thy Kingdom will come then!

4 Thy ransomed host in glory,
All souls that sin and pray,
Turn toward the cross that bore Thee;
"Behold the Man!" they say:
And while Thy Church is pleading
For all who would do good,
We hear Thy true voice leading
Our song of brotherhood.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The light of God is falling
• Author: Rev. Louis F. Benson (1910)
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: Brotherhood; Citizenship, Christian; Discipleship and Service; Social Progress; Stewardship
• Copyright: Words used by permission of Mrs. Robert F. Jefferys.

Tune Information

• Name: GREENLAND
• Composer: J. Michael Haydn
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: In B. Jacob's "National Psalmody," 1819
• Notes: Arr. from J. Michael Haydn