We have [a] prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.
2 Peter 1:19
Words: Percy Dearmer, in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 126.
Music: Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren Nikolaus Selnecker, Christliche Psalmen (Leipzig, Germany: 1587) (🔊 pdf nwc).
A brighter dawn is breaking,
And earth with praise is waking;
For Thou, O King, most highest,
The power of death defiest.
And Thou hast come victorious,
With risen body glorious,
Who now forever livest,
And life abundant givest.
O free the world from blindness,
And fill the world with kindness,
Give sinners resurrection,
Bring striving to perfection.
In sickness give us healing,
In doubt Thy clear revealing,
That praise to Thee be given
In earth as in Thy Heaven.