Christ in Song ‎#480

480. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning

1 Brightly beams our Father's mercy,
From His lighthouse evermore,
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.

Chorus:
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.

2 Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore. [Chorus]

3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother
Some poor sailor tempest tost,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Brightly beams our Father's mercy
• Title: Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
• Author: P. P. Bliss
• Refrain First Line: Let the lower lights be burning!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Living His Life: Call to Activity; Living His Life: Light of the World
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Brightly beams our Father's mercy]
• Composer: P. P. Bliss
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.