A Hundred Songs of God and His Kingdom #d36
Display Title: Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts First Line: Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts Author: William Vories Date: 1940
A Hundred Songs of God and His Kingdom #d36
1 Let there be light, O God of hosts!
Let there be wisdom on the earth!
Let broad humanity have birth!
Let there be deeds instead of boasts.
2 Within our passioned hearts instill
the calm that endeth strain and strife.
Make us your ministers of life.
Drive out the urge to curse and kill.
3 Give us the peace of vision clear
to see each other’s good, our own,
to joy and suffer not alone:
the love that casts aside all fear.
4 Let woe and waste of warfare cease,
that useful labor yet may build
its homes with love and laughter filled!
God, give your wayward children peace!
Source: Voices Together #714
First Line: | Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts |
Title: | Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts |
Author: | William Merrell Vories (1908) |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |