Uplifted Voices ‎#8

8. Let the Gospel Light Shine Out

1 Standing like a lighthouse on the shores of time,
Looking o’er the waves of darkness, sin and crime,
Open up your windows, there’s a work sublime;
Let the gospel light shine out.

Refrain:
Let the gospel light shine out,
Let the gospel light shine out;
Keep your lamp in order, trimmed and burning bright,—
Let the gospel light shine out.

2 There are human shipwrecks lying all around;
O, what moral darkness ev’rywhere is found
Warn some other vessels off from dang’rous ground;
Let the gospel light shine out. [Refrain]

3 Do not let the bushel cover up your light,
Keep you lamp in order, trimmed and burning bright;
Try to be a blessing, brighten up the night,
Let the gospel light shine out. [Refrain]

4 Try to live for Jesus till this life is o’er,
For along this pathway you will pass no more,
Till he bids you welcome on the other shore,
Let the gospel light shine out. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Standing like a lighthouse on the shores of time
• Title: Let the Gospel Light Shine Out
• Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr.
• Refrain First Line: Let the Gospel light shine out
• Publication Date: 1901

Tune Information

• Name: [Standing like a lighthouse on the shores of time]
• Composer: Adam Geibel