The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3762

3762. Light of the World, We Hail Thee

1. Light of the world, we hail Thee,
flushing the eastern skies;
Never shall darkness veil Thee
again from human eyes;
Too long, alas, withholden,
now spread from shore to shore;
Thy light, so glad and golden,
shall set on earth no more.

2. Light of the world, Thy beauty
teals into every heart,
And glorifies with duty
life’s poorest, humblest, part;
Thou robest in Thy splendor
the simple ways of men,
And helpest them to render
light back to Thee again.

3. Light of the world, before Thee
our spirits prostrate fall;
We worship, we adore Thee,
Thou Light, the Life of all;
With Thee is no forgetting
of all Thine hand hath made;
Thy rising hath no setting,
Thy sunshine hath no shade.

4. Light of the world, illumine
this darkened earth of Thine,
Till everything that’s human
be filled with what’s divine;
Till every tongue and nation,
from sin’s dominion free,
Rise in the new creation
which springs from love and Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Light of the world, we hail Thee
• Title: Light of the World, We Hail Thee
• Author: John S. B. Monsell (1863)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of Love and Praise, 1863
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: LIGHT OF THE WORLD, William W. Gilchrist, 1895

Tune Information

• Name: SALVE DOMINE
• Composer: Lawrence White Watson (1893)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Incipit: 35567 15116 12352
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain