1 ¡Luz brillante, dulce y pura,
La Palabra del Señor!
De las almas la más dura
Salvará de grave error;
Ella a todos ilumina,
Instruyendo co bondad;
Nos concede Dios al dicha
De saber su voluntad.
2 Tus divinos juicios, Padre,
Rectos y benignos son,
Segurísima Palabra,
Bálsamo del corazón,
Sol que dora refulgente
Todo templo de Señor,
E ilumina toda mente
Con divino resplandor.
Thomas Martin Westrup moved with his family from London to Mexico when he was fifteen years old. He translated hundreds of hymns and, along with his son, Enrique, published a three-volume hymnal Incienso Christiano.
Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992 Go to person page >
John Zundel's BEECHER (named after Henry Ward Beecher, his pastor) was first published in his Christian Heart Songs (1870) as a setting for Charles Wesley's "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" (568). The tune is also known as ZUNDEL. Approximating the shape of a rounded bar form (AA'BA'), BEECHER is…
Display Title: Luz brillante, dulce y puraFirst Line: Luz brillante, dulce y puraTune Title: BEECHERAuthor: Thomas M. Westrup, 1837-1909Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 7, 8 7.Date: 1964Subject: Los Medios de Gracia | La Palabra; Means of Grace | The Word