Author: Furness Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #371 (1866) Hymnal Title: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) First Line: Slowly, by God's hand unfurled Lyrics:
Slowly, by God’s hand unfurled,
Down around the weary world
Falls the darkness; O, how still
Is the working of His will!
Mighty spirit, ever nigh!
Work in me as silently;
Veil the day’s distracting sights,
Show me heaven’s eternal lights.
Living stars to view be brought
In the boundless realms of thought;
High and infinite desires,
Flaming like those upper fires!
Holy Truth, Eternal Right,
Let them break upon my sight;
Let them shine serene and still,
And with light my being fill.
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The Light of Stars