Advent Hymnals
480. LET THE LOWER LIGHTS BE BURNING
Christ in Song,
1.
Brightly beams our Father's mercy,
From His lighthouse evermore,
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
Chorus:
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 the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore. [Chorus]
3.
Trim your feeble lamp, my brother
Some poor sailor tempest tost,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost. [Chorus]
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Title |
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning |
Key |
B♭ Major |
Titles |
Let the lower lights be burning! |
First Line |
Brightly beams our Father's mercy |
Author |
P. P. Bliss |
Year |
1908 |
Composer |
P. P. Bliss |
Hymnal |
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Tune |
Brightly beams our Father's mercy |
Metrical pattern |
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Chorus |
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Chorus Type |
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Subjects |
Living His Life: Call to Activity; Living His Life: Light of the World |
Texts |
Matthew 5:16 |
Print Texts |
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Scripture Song |
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