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| Text: | Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts |
| Author: | William Merrill Vories |
| Tune: | PENTECOST |
| Composer: | William Boyd |
480. Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts
1 Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts,
Let there be wisdom on the earth;
Let broad humanity have birth,
Let there be deeds, instead of boasts.
2 Within our passioned hearts instill
The calm that endeth strain and strife;
Make us Thy ministers of life;
Purge us from lusts that curse and kill.
3 Give us the peace of vision clear
To see our brothers' good our own,
To joy and suffer not alone—
The love that casteth out all fear.
4 Let woe and waste of warfare cease,
That useful labor yet may build
Its homes with love and laughter filled;
God, give Thy wayward children peace.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts |
| Title: | Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts |
| Author: | William Merrill Vories (1908) |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Publication Date: | 1955 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Brotherhood; Peace on Earth; Peace, Spiritual (1 more...) |
| Copyright: | Words used by permission of The American Peace Society. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PENTECOST |
| Composer: | William Boyd (c. 1864) |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Music used by permission of Novello & Co., Ltd. |
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