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Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts

Author: William Merrell Vories (1908)
Tune: PENTECOST (Boyd)
Published in 80 hymnals

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	COLLECTED WORKS OF JOHN CARTER, THE

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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!

Source: Voices Together #714

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Author: William Merrell Vories

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First Line:	Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts
Title:	Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts
Author:	William Merrell Vories (1908)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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PENTECOST (Boyd)

William Boyd (b. Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1847; d. Paddington, England, 1928) composed PENTECOST in 1864 for the hymn text "Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire"; it was published in 1868 in Thirty-Two Hymn Tunes Composed by Members of the University of Oxford. The name PENTECOST derives from the subjec…

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MISSIONARY CHANT (Zeuner)

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Instances

Instances (1 - 80 of 80)

A Hundred Songs of God and His Kingdom #d36

A Hymnal for Friends #105

A Hymnal for Friends #116

A Selection of New Social Hymns #d10

A Service Hymn Book #d77

At Worship #295

Baptist Hymnal 1956 #444

Book of Worship for United States Forces #180

Christian Praise #405

Christian Song #283

Christian Worship and Praise #565

Christian Worship #513

Christian Youth Hymnal #287

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #304

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #304

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d288

Hymnal for American Youth #P65

Hymnal for Christian Worship #d148

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #271

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d153

Hymnal, Church of the Brethren #d218

Hymnal #371

Hymnbook for Christian Worship #331

Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d110

Hymns for the Living Age #380

Hymns for Today #264

Hymns for Worship #69

Hymns of the Christian Life #d208

Hymns of the Christian Life #d205

Hymns of the Christian Life #404

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #397a

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #397b

Hymns of the United Church #221

Hymns of the United Church #221

Inter-Church Hymnal #363

Junior Hymns #92

Mennonite Hymn Book #d195

Missionary Hymnal #89

Pilgrim Hymnal #449

Rejoice in the Lord #492

Representative American Hymns of the Twentieth Century #4

Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #434

Sing to the Lord #238

Social Hymns of Brotherhood and Aspiration #48

Supplement to Hymns and Songs #d17

The Beacon Song and Service book #153

The Canadian Youth Hymnal #128

The Century Hymnal #XVb

The Christian Hymnary #289

The Church School Hymnal for Youth #324

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d268

The Cyber Hymnal #4036

The Hymnal #402

The Hymnal for Young People #260

The Hymnal for Youth #278

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America #479

The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church #402

The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ #255

The Hymnal #402

The Hymnbook #480

The Junior Hymnal and Suggested Orders of Worship #d138

The Mennonite Hymnal #455

The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America #353

The New Century Hymnal #589

The New Church Hymnal #339

The New Hymnal for American Youth #291

The New Hymnal for American Youth #291

The New Hymnal of Praise #d185

The New National Baptist Hymnal #366

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #450

The Pilgrim Hymnal #379

The Presbyterian Hymnal #336

The Student Hymnary #d185

The Worshipbook #451

Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged. #232

Vesper Chimes #262

Voices Together #714

Worship and Hymns for All Occasions #d110

Worship II, a Hymnal for Roman Catholic Parishes #d143

Worship in Song #d164

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