Scripture Verse

The bright and morning star. Revelation 22:16

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1886. Ap­peared in Gos­pel Hymns No. 5, ed­it­ed by Ira San­key, James Mc­Gra­na­han & George C. Steb­bins (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio; New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: John Church and Big­low & Main, 1887), num­ber 26. Some hym­nals give the ly­ri­cist as Vic­tor­ia Stu­art, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Ira D. San­key (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ira Sankey (1840–1908)

Lyrics

Shine on, O Star of beau­ty,
Thou Christ en­throned ab­ove;
Reflecting in Thy bright­ness,
Our Fa­ther’s look of love.

Refrain

Shine on, shine on,
Thou bright and beau­ti­ful Star;
Shine on, shine on,
Thou bright and beau­ti­ful Star.

Shine on, O Star of glo­ry,
We lift our eyes to Thee;
Beyond the clouds that ga­ther,
Thy ra­di­ant light we see.

Refrain

Shine on, O Star un­chang­ing,
And guide our pil­grim way,
Until we see the dawn­ing
Of Heav’n’s eter­nal day.

Refrain