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Text:O Saviour of our race
Author:Laurentius Laurenti
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:VENICE
Composer:William Amps

45. O Saviour of our race

1 O Saviour of our race,
Welcome, indeed, Thou art,
Blessèd Redeemer, Fount of grace,
To this my longing heart!

2 Light of the world, abide
Through faith within my heart;
Leave me to seek no other guide,
Nor e’er from Thee depart.

3 Thou art the Life, O Lord,
Sole Light of life Thou art!
Let not Thy glorious rays be poured
In vain on my dark heart.

4 Star of the East, arise!
Drive all my clouds away;
Guide me, till earth’s dim twilight dies
Into the perfect day.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O Saviour of our race
Author: Laurentius Laurenti (1700)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1855. a)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: The Church Year: Epiphany
Tune Information
Name: VENICE
Composer: William Amps (1853)
Meter: S. M.
Key: E♭ Major



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