Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#442

442. This is the day of light

1 This is the day of light:
Let there be light to-day;
O Dayspring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.

2 This is the day of rest:
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy fresh'ning dew.

3 This is the day of peace:
Thy peace our spirits fill;
Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.

4 This is the first of days;
Send forth Thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: This is the day of light
• Author: John Ellerton (1867)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: The Lord's Day
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: DOMINICA
• Composer: Herbert S. Oakeley (1875)
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Public Domain.