Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 5:16
Words: Mary Bernstecher, 1916. Appeared in The Tabernacle Hymns, by Daniel Towner &Arthur W. McKee (Chicago, Illinois: undated, about 1916), number 2.
Music: Daniel B. Towner (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Bernstecher (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Send out a light as you go your way,
A beacon of hope when shadows are gray;
Send out a light that for Jesus will shine,
Proving to others God’s mercy divine.
Refrain
Send out a light, a radiant light,
That will pierce thro’ the gloom
Of someone’s dark night,
Send out a light, a bright beaming light,
Send out a light for Jesus.
Send out a light when your burdens press,
And show to the world that Jesus will bless;
Thro’ darkest sorrows and bitterest pain,
Send out a light—it will not shine in vain.
Refrain
Send out a light unto those who stray,
All heedless along destruction’s highway;
Point them to pathways of purer delight,
And let your life daily send out a light.
Refrain