Voices Together ‎#714

714. Let There be Light

1 Let there be light, O 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 endeth strain and strife.
Make us your ministers of life.
Drive out the urge to curse and kill.

3 Give us the peace of vision clear
to see each other’s good, our own,
to joy and suffer not alone:
the love that casts aside all 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

• First Line: Let there be light, O God of hosts!
• Title: Let There be Light
• Author: William M. Vories (1908)
• Meter: LM
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Psalm 43:3
  ;
  Psalm 46
  ;
  John 14:25-27
  ;
  2 Corinthians 4:6
  ;
  1 John 4:16-21
• Topic: Darkness and Light; Government; National Holidays; Nonviolence; Peace and Justice; Peace Lamp Lighting
• Source: Advocate of Peace, 1909, alt.

Tune Information

• Name: MISSIONARY CHANT
• Composer: Charles H. C. Zeuner
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: American Harp, 1832
• Notes: Alternate tune: OLD HUNDREDTH (#71)