The Song Book of the Salvation Army ‎#478

478. Brightly beams our Father's mercy

1 Brightly beams our Father’s mercy
From his lighthouse evermore;
But to us he gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.

Refrain:
Let the lower lights be burning,
Send a gleam across the wave;
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.

2 Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud and angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore.

3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother;
Some poor seaman, tempest-tossed,
Trying now to make the harbour,
In the darkness may be lost.

Text Information

• First Line: Brightly beams our Father's mercy
• Author: Philip Paul Bliss (1838-76)
• Refrain First Line: Let the lower lights be burning
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The life of holiness: Consecration and service

Tune Information

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