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HYMN.
[“Let there be light,” Jehovah said]
Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord.
—Eph. v. 8.
“Let there be light,” Jehovah said,
The beam awoke, the light obey'd;
Bursting on chaos dark and wild
Till the glad earth and ocean smiled.
The beam awoke, the light obey'd;
Bursting on chaos dark and wild
Till the glad earth and ocean smiled.
Formless and void, and dark as night,
My heart remain'd, till heavenly light,
Obedient to the world divine,
On my dark soul began to shine.
My heart remain'd, till heavenly light,
Obedient to the world divine,
On my dark soul began to shine.
Light broke upon my rayless tomb,
The day-star rose upon my gloom;
And with its gentle new-born ray
Brighten'd my darkness into day.
The day-star rose upon my gloom;
And with its gentle new-born ray
Brighten'd my darkness into day.
Glory to Thee, by all be given;—
Of light the light, in earth and heaven;
Of joys the joy, of suns the sun,
Jesus the Father's chosen One.
Of light the light, in earth and heaven;
Of joys the joy, of suns the sun,
Jesus the Father's chosen One.
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