Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#112

112. Light of the World, We Hail Thee

1 Light of the world, we hail Thee,
Flushing the eastern skies;
Never shall darkness veil Thee
Again from human eyes;
Too long, alas, withholden,
Now spread from shore to shore;
Thy light, so glad and golden,
Shall set on earth no more.

2 Light of the world, Thy beauty
Steals into every heart,
And glorifies with duty
Life's poorest, humblest part;
Thou robest in Thy splendor
The simple ways of men,
And helpest them to render
Light back to Thee again.

3 Light of the world, illumine
This darkened land of Thine,
Till everything that's human
Be filled with what's divine;
Till every tongue and nation,
From sin's dominion free,
Rise in the new creation
Which springs from Love and Thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Light of the world, we hail Thee
• Title: Light of the World, We Hail Thee
• Author: John S. B. Monsell, 1811-1875
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Adoration; Christ: Light; Worship

Tune Information

• Name: SALVE DOMINE
• Composer: Lawrence W. Watson, 1860-1928
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Music used by permission of Mrs. Sigrid Watson
• Notes: Now Public Domain