Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.
Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.
Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
| Text: | Light of Light, Enlighten Me |
| Author: | Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737) |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878) |
| Tune: | HINCHMAN |
| Composer: | Uzziah C. Burnap (1834-1900) |
1 Light of light, enlighten me,
Now anew the day is dawning;
Sun of grace, the shadows flee;
Brighten Thou my Sabbath morning;
With Thy joyous sunshine blest,
Happy is my day of rest.
2 Let me with my heart today,
Holy, holy, holy, singing,
Rapt awhile from earth away,
All my soul to Thee up springing,
Have a foretaste inward given
How they worship Thee in heaven.
3 Hence all care, all vanity!
For the day to God is holy;
Come, Thou glorious Majesty,
Deign to fill this temple lowly;
Nought today my soul shall move,
Simply resting in Thy love.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Light of light, enlighten me, Now anew the day is dawning |
| Title: | Light of Light, Enlighten Me |
| Author: | Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737) (1714) |
| Translator: | Catherine Winkworth (1829-1878) (1858) |
| Meter: | 7.8.7.8.7.7. |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Topic: | Doctrines: Sabbath |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HINCHMAN |
| Composer: | Uzziah C. Burnap (1834-1900) (1969) |
| Meter: | 7.8.7.8.7.7. |
| Incipit: | 31534 32217 12321 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files