Vocal Gems ‎#105

105. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning

1 Brightly beams our Father’s mercy
From his light-house evermore;
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.

Refrain:
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.

2 Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing
For the lights along the shore. [Refrain]

3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother,
Some poor sailor, tempest-tost,
Trying now to make the harbor
In the darkness may be lost. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Brightly beams our Father's mercy
• Title: Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
• Author: P. P. B.
• Refrain First Line: Let the lower lights be burning
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1935
• Copyright: © The John Church Co.
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Brightly beams our Father's mercy]
• Composer: P. P. Bliss
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: © The John Church Co.
• Notes: Public Domain