8594 | The Cyber Hymnal#8595 | 8596 |
Text: | Hold The Lamp Of Life Aloft |
Author: | Jennie Bain Wilson |
Tune: | [Hold up God's true and saving light] |
Composer: | Edmund Simon Lorenz |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Hold up God’s true and saving light,
The lamp of life divine;
That brightly thro’ sin’s dreary night
Its blessèd rays may shine.
Refrain:
O hold the lamp of life aloft!
Let its light and its glory shine,
Till each land and isle afar,
Where immortal spirits are,
Shall rejoice in the light divine.
2 On life’s great deep our brother’s bark
Is drifting with the tide;
The beacon gleaming thro’ the dark,
From danger’s course to guide. [Refrain]
3 In error’s gloom with none to save
From never ending loss,
Stray precious souls for whom Christ gave
His blood upon the cross. [Refrain]
4 While we in God’s true light rejoice,
For help a righteous plea
Comes to us in a plaintive voice
From sad lands o’er the sea. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Hold up God's true and saving light |
Title: | Hold The Lamp Of Life Aloft |
Author: | Jennie Bain Wilson (1880) |
Refrain First Line: | O hold the lamp of life aloft! |
Language: | English |
Source: | Missionary Songs (New York: Lorenz & Company, 1880) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Hold up God's true and saving light] |
Composer: | Edmund Simon Lorenz |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |