The Hymnal ‎#422

422. 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
Steals 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, illumine
This darkened land 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Light of the world, we hail Thee
• Author: Rev. John S. B. Monsell (1863)
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: World Friendship and Peace; Christ: Conqueror, The; Christ: Light, Our; Christ: Second Coming, His; Friendship, World; International Peace; Morning; Peace, International

Tune Information

• Name: MEIRIONYDD
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Source: Welsh hymn melody
• Copyright: Tune used by permission of Dr. Basil Harwood.