The Hymnal ‎#433

433. O Love that lights the eastern sky

1 O Love that lights the eastern sky
And shrouds the evening rest,
From out whose hand the swallows fly,
Within whose heart they nest!

2 O life, content beneath the blue!
Or, if God will, the gray,
Then tranquil yet, till light breaks through
To melt the mist away!

3 O death that sails so close to shore
At twilight! From my gate
I scan the darkening sea once more,
And for its message wait.

4 What lies beyond the afterglow?
To life's new dawn how far?
As if an answer, spoken low,
Love lights the evening star.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Love that lights the eastern sky
• Author: Rev. Louis F. Benson (1923)
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Life Everlasting; Eternal Life; Funeral Services; Heaven; Hope; Immortal Life
• Copyright: Used by permission of Mrs. Robert F. Jefferys.

Tune Information

• Name: VITTEL WOODS
• Composer: Bradley Keeler (1924)
• Meter: C. M.
• Incipit: 53333 32461 71322
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Used by permission of Mrs. Robert F. Jefferys.