109. O Christ, Our True And Only Light

1 O Christ, our true and only Light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Yea, let them hear Thy pleading voice
And in Thy fold with us rejoice.

2 O let Thy grace, that light divine,
For erring souls in brightness shine;
Help those whom in their secret minds
Some dark delusion haunts and blinds.

3 And all who else have strayed from Thee
Do Thou reclaim, and let them be
In conscience made both pure and whole;
May heaven be their final goal!

4 O cause the deaf Thy Word to hear,
And cure the dumb from coward fear,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Tho' secretly they hold it now.

5 Restore the blind and warm the cold,
Bring back the straying to Thy fold,
Let not the scattered stand apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.

6 May they with us Thy name adore
And thank Thee, Lord, for evermore.
Let all Thine own exalt Thy love
On earth and in their home above.

Text Information
First Line: O Christ, our true and only Light
Title: O Christ, Our True And Only Light
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
Author: J. Heermann (1630)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1930
Topic: The Means of Grace: Missions
Tune Information
Name: BRESLAU
Meter: L. M.
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Nürnberger Gesangbuch; German chorale: Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht



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