American Lutheran Hymnal ‎#109

109. O Christ, Our True And Only Light

1 O Christ, our true and only Light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Yea, let them hear Thy pleading voice
And in Thy fold with us rejoice.

2 O let Thy grace, that light divine,
For erring souls in brightness shine;
Help those whom in their secret minds
Some dark delusion haunts and blinds.

3 And all who else have strayed from Thee
Do Thou reclaim, and let them be
In conscience made both pure and whole;
May heaven be their final goal!

4 O cause the deaf Thy Word to hear,
And cure the dumb from coward fear,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Tho' secretly they hold it now.

5 Restore the blind and warm the cold,
Bring back the straying to Thy fold,
Let not the scattered stand apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.

6 May they with us Thy name adore
And thank Thee, Lord, for evermore.
Let all Thine own exalt Thy love
On earth and in their home above.

Text Information

• First Line: O Christ, our true and only Light
• Title: O Christ, Our True And Only Light
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
• Author: J. Heermann (1630)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1930
• Topic: The Means of Grace: Missions

Tune Information

• Name: BRESLAU
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Nürnberger Gesangbuch; German chorale: Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht