Text: | Let There Be Light, O God of Hosts |
Author: | William M. Vories |
Tune: | PENTECOST |
Composer: | William Boyd |
1 Let there be light, Lord God of hosts!
Let there be wisdom on the earth!
Let broad humanity have birth!
Let there be deeds, instead of boasts!
2 Within our passioned hearts instill
the calm that ends all strain and strife;
Make us your ministers of life;
purge us from lusts that curse and kill!
3 Give us the peace of senses clear
to know our neighbors' good our own;
To hope and suffer not alone,
bonded in love that conquers fear!
4 Let woe and waste of warfare cease,
that useful labor yet may build
Its homes with love and laughter filled!
God, give your wayward children peace!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Let there be light, O God of hosts! |
Title: | Let There Be Light, O God of Hosts |
Author: | William M. Vories (1908, alt.) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Topic: | Consecration; Justice and Peace; Peace: Inner(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PENTECOST |
Composer: | William Boyd (1864) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | G Major |