
Author: William M. Vories Hymnal: Voices Together #714 (2020) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Let there be light, O God of hosts! Lyrics: 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! Topics: Darkness and Light; Government; National Holidays; Nonviolence; Peace and Justice; Peace Lamp Lighting Scripture: Psalm 43:3 Tune Title: MISSIONARY CHANT
Let There be Light