I Want the Light from the Lighthouse

You help make Hymnary.org possible. More than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources and encouragement on Hymnary.org in 2025, including you. Every visit affirms the global impact of this ministry.

If Hymnary has been meaningful to you this year, would you take a moment today to help sustain it? A gift of any size—paired with a note of encouragement if you wish—directly supports the server costs, research work and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org
Calvin University
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for your partnership, and may the hope of Advent fill your heart.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again

Top Author Text Info Tune Timeline Instances

There's a lighthouse upon high, guiding lost ones to the sky

Author: Cleavant Derricks (1958)
Tune: [There's a lighthouse upon high, guiding lost ones to the sky]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Cleavant Derricks

(no biographical information available about Cleavant Derricks.) Go to person page >

^ top

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	There's a lighthouse upon high, guiding lost ones to the sky
Title:	I Want the Light from the Lighthouse
Author:	Cleavant Derricks (1958)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I want the light from the lighthouse
Copyright:	© 1958, by Tennessee Music and Printing Company in "Echoes of Calvary"