Some One is Watching Your Light

Down in the valley of sorrow and sin

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon
Tune: [Down in the valley of sorrow and sin]
Published in 12 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Down in the valley of sorrow and sin,
Some one is lost in the darkness of night;
Some one that you to your Savior may win;
Some one is watching, is watching your light!

Refrain:
Watching your light! watching your light!
Some one is watching, is watching your light!
O does it shine with a radiance bright,
Some one is watching, is watching your light!

2 Long is the journey and some one is weak;
Some one if tempted may fall in the flight;
Some one will win if His promise you speak:
Some one is watching, is watching your light! [Refrain]

3 Touched by the story of Christ and His love,
Some one will turn from the wrong to the right,
Looking for guidance to heaven above;
Some one is watching, is watching your light! [Refrain]

4 On that glad morning, when all shall arise,
Saved by the infinite pow’r of His might,
Some one will greet you at home in the skies;
Some one is watching, is watching your light! [Refrain]

Source: The King of Kings: a choice collection of gospel songs, standard hymns, choruses, children's songs, solos, duets, and quartets together with responsive readings for use in evangelistic meetings... #246

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon

Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Down in the valley of sorrow and sin
Title: Some One is Watching Your Light
Author: Ina Duley Ogdon
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Watching your light! watching your light!
Copyright: Public Domain

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