Divina Luz

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Divina Luz, con tu esplendor benigno

Author: John Henry Newman; Author: J. B. Cabrera
Tune: LUX BENIGNA (Dykes)
Published in 18 hymnals

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1 Divina Luz, con tu esplendor benigno,
Guarda mi pie;
Densa es la noche y áspero el camino;
Mi guía se.
Harto distante de mi hogar estoy;
Que al dulce hogar de las alturas voy.

2 Amargos tiempos hubo en que tu gracia
No suplique;
De mi valor fiando en la eficacia,
No tuve fe.
Más hoy deploro aquella ceguedad;
Préstame oh Luz, tu grata claridad.

3 Guiando tú, la noche es esplendente,
Y cruzare
El valle, el monte, el risco y el torrente,
Con firme pie,
Hasta que empiece el día a despuntar,
Y entre al abrigo de mi dulce hogar.

Source: Cantos Espirituales: para usarse en todos los servicios de la iglesia de Cristo (3rd rev. ed.) #137

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Author: John Henry Newman

Newman, John Henry , D.D. The hymnological side of Cardinal Newman's life and work is so small when compared with the causes which have ruled, and the events which have accompanied his life as a whole, that the barest outline of biographical facts and summary of poetical works comprise all that properly belongs to this work. Cardinal Newman was the eldest son of John Newman, and was born in London, Feb. 21, 1801. He was educated at Ealing under Dr. John Nicholas, and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in honours in 1820, and became a Fellow of Oriel in 1822. Taking Holy Orders in 1824, he was for a short time Vice-Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and then Tutor of Oriel. His appointment to St. Mary's, Oxford, was in the spring of… Go to person page >

Author: J. B. Cabrera

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

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