Scripture Verse

God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Le­Roy Moore, 1897 (🔊 pdf nwc). Ap­peared in Sift­ed Wheat, ed­it­ed by Charles H. Ga­bri­el (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz, 1898), num­ber 15.

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Moore (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

See the morn­ing sun­light bright­en,
Making glad the day;
Jesus shines from out the dark­ness,
Lighting up the way.
Let us ga­ther in the sun­beams—
Life and beau­ty fair;
Let us stand be­fore His pre­sence,
Filled with glo­ry there.

Refrain

Blessèd sun­light, bless­èd sun­light!
In a world so fair!
Blessèd Je­sus, bless­èd Je­sus,
We will meet Thee there.

At the noon­tide, while we la­bor
In this world of care,
Let us feel Thy ho­ly pre­sence,
With us ev­ery­where;
Teaching us the pre­cious les­sons,
As we jour­ney on;
Filling us with peace and glad­ness,
Till the day is done.

Refrain

As the twi­light sha­dows ga­ther,
And we seek our rest,
May we find sweet peace and com­fort
Pillowed on Thy breast.
Oh, that all the world might know Thee,
Loving Sav­ior mine!
May we feel the sweet as­sur­ance,
All in all is Thine.

Refrain