Scripture Verse

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me should not abide in darkness. John 12:46

Introduction

Words: Un­known au­thor. Trans­lat­ed from Rus­sian to Eng­lish by Ro­bert G. Kat­su­noff (1887–1963).

Music: Blessed Light, ano­ny­mous (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the orig­in­al au­thor or com­pos­er, or where to get their pic­tures (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Kat­su­noff,

portrait
Robert G. Katsunoff (1887–1963)

Lyrics

As light, O Christ, Thou cam’st to earth;
In Thee I live, in Thee I shall arise;
Thou art my joy, Thou my new birth,
To bless­èd life Thou op­en­est mine eyes.
For me Thou to the cross didst go,
For me Thou gav’st Thy blood to flow.

For me, in dark Geth­se­ma­ne
Alone Thou, Christ, with sin and death didst fight;
Alone with God didst plead for me,
That I in Thee might see the bless­èd light.
From all my heart, while I may live,
Eternal thanks to Thee I’ll give.