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Text:O Grant Us Light
Author:Lawrence Tuttiett
Tune:HESPERUS (QUEBEC)
Composer:Henry W. Baker

469. O Grant Us Light

1 O grant us light, that we may know
wisdom that you alone canst give,
That truth may guide us as we go,
and virtue bless the lives we live.

2 O grant us light that we may find
where error lurks in human lore.
And turn to you our seeking minds,
to love your holy Word the more.

3 O grant us light, that we may learn
how dead is life from you apart,
How sure is joy for all who turn
to you an undivided heart.

4 O grant us light, when soon or late,
all earthly scenes shall pass away,
In you to find the open gate,
to deathless home and endless day.

Text Information
First Line: O grant us light that we may know
Title: O Grant Us Light
Author: Lawrence Tuttiett (1864, alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture:
Topic: God: Guidance of; Truth
Tune Information
Name: HESPERUS (QUEBEC)
Composer: Henry W. Baker (1854)
Meter: L.M.
Incipit: 33351 22355 54234
Key: F Major



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