1 Shining in the morning,
By the Master’s pow’r,
His own light adorning
Ev’ry wayside flow’r;
This our glad endeavor,
Spreading round us ever;
From above bright rays of love
Shall ever shine.
Refrain:
Steadily, steadily shining, brightly shining,
Steadily, steadily shining all our days;
Shining in his glory, telling out his story,
Steadily, steadily shining, to the Master’s praise.
2 Making home more cheery,
Love, the blessed light,
Makes our lives, once dreary,
Beautiful and bright;
Christ our ways directing,
We his life reflecting;
Words and deeds shall sow the seeds
Of light divine. [Refrain]
3 Tho’ our lot be lowly,
Humble tho’ our place,
We are trusting wholly
In his boundless grace;
Shining for his glory,
Endless then, the story,
When the Lord doth give reward
In heav’n above. [Refrain]
Source: Sunday School Voices: a collection of sacred songs #76
Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >
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