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The Light Upon the Way

Representative Text

1 When days are dark and cares oppress,
When trials sore my soul distress,
I have a comfort, full and sure,
God’s blessed Word, whose truths endure.

Refrain:
’Tis a light forever guiding
Those who walk in it confiding,
In its promises abiding,
And ’tis shining, shining, shining all the way!

2 I find within its promise sweet
Strength for my heart, light to my feet;
My help and comfort, day by day,
I find within the Book alway. [Refrain]

3 O blessed Book! how cheering are
The glimpses of the land afar,
Where saints, eternal glory won,
Claim Heaven’s crown when earth is done. [Refrain]

4 O blessed Book, my hope, my stay,
To that fair land point out the way;
Where I, blood-washed and saved by grace,
Beyond the Book behold His face. [Refrain]



Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13055

Author: Laura Warner Callin

Born: De­cem­ber 12, 1861, Crest­line, Ohio. Died: Sep­tem­ber 15, 1948, Marblehead, Ohio. Buried: Oak Grove Cem­e­te­ry, Bowl­ing Green, Ohio. Daughter of Sam­u­el and Ma­ry Mc­Ma­hon Case, Lura mar­ried Lem­u­el (Lee) War­ner in 1884. Af­ter his death from ty­phoid fever in 1888, she mar­ried George Cal­lin of Bowl­ing Green, Ohio. Lu­ra’s works in­clude: Daughters of Li­ber­ty, a pa­geant for child­ren (Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1923) --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When days are dark and cares oppress
Title: The Light Upon the Way
Author: Laura Warner Callin
Language: English
Refrain First Line: 'Tis a light forever guiding
Copyright: Public Domain

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