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Hymn
The Light of Life
The Light of Life! O blessed words,
To him, who midst the darkness lives;
To every son of Adam's race,
What joy, what hope, the promise gives!
To him, who midst the darkness lives;
To every son of Adam's race,
What joy, what hope, the promise gives!
As to the man of old, born blind,
But whom the Savior made to see;
So do the precious words he spake
Bring life, and light, and hope to me.
But whom the Savior made to see;
So do the precious words he spake
Bring life, and light, and hope to me.
No doubt obscures his meaning clear,
Who miracles of healing wrought;
To show, e'en to the earthly mind,
From whence the doctrine he had brought.
Who miracles of healing wrought;
To show, e'en to the earthly mind,
From whence the doctrine he had brought.
They speak of Him, who came from God;
To tell men of the Father's love;
To lead them through earth's sin, and strife,
To their bright home in heaven above.
To tell men of the Father's love;
To lead them through earth's sin, and strife,
To their bright home in heaven above.
Who follows Him, no more shall walk
In Error's maze, or Death's dark night;
But, e'en amidst their gloomy shades,
Shall have within the Life, the Light.
In Error's maze, or Death's dark night;
But, e'en amidst their gloomy shades,
Shall have within the Life, the Light.
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And when no more the paths he treads
Of suffering, and of trial here;
The Light of Life, on earth he saw,
Shall greet him in a higher sphere.
Of suffering, and of trial here;
The Light of Life, on earth he saw,
Shall greet him in a higher sphere.
Poem No. 520; c. November 1862
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