Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#47

47. O Christ, our true and only Light

1 O Christ, our true and only Light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Let those afar now hear Thy voice,
And in Thy fold with us rejoice.

2 Fill with the radiance of Thy grace
The souls now lost in error's maze,
And all, O Lord, whose secret minds
Some dark delusion hurts and blinds.

3 And all who else have strayed from Thee,
O gently seek; Thy healing be
To every wounded conscience given,
And let them also share thy heaven.

4 O make the deaf to hear Thy Word,
And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Though secretly they hold it now.

5 Shine on the darkened and the cold;
Recall the wanderers to Thy fold,
Unite all those who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.

6 So they with us may evermore
Such grace with wondering thanks adore
And endless praise to Thee be given
By all Thy Church in earth and heaven.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Christ, our true and only Light
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
• Author: Johann Heermann (1630)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Epiphany

Tune Information

• Name: ST. OSWALD
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1857)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major