Scripture Verse

God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5

Introduction

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George C. Gow (1860–1938)

Words: Will­iam G. Poor, 1897.

Music: Wu­han George C. Gow, 1897 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Once more our grate­ful, strength­ened hearts,
Alight with grace di­vine,
Would bring to Thee, our migh­ty king,
New to­ken we are Thine.
Thy love has guid­ed all our lives
In paths with mer­cy bright;
And health, and hope, and pray­er­ful aim,
Inspire our song to­night.

Unseen the sun yet proves his reign,
By mel­low, full orbed moon;
So we to Thee would wit­ness bear
In ra­di­ance all Thine own;
Tho’ dark­ness, doubt and spec­tral fears
Enchain our fel­low men,
The light is Thine, and they are Thine,
Oh, bring them back again.