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Light of the world, we hail Thee,
flushing the eastern skies;
Never shall darkness veil Thee
again from human eyes;
Too long, alas, withholden,
now spread from shore to shore;
Thy light, so glad and golden,
shall set on earth no more.
Light of the world, Thy beauty
steals into every heart,
And glorifies with duty
life’s poorest, humblest, part;
Thou robest in Thy splendor
the simple ways of men,
And helpest them to render
light back to Thee again.
Light of the world, before Thee
our spirits prostrate fall;
We worship, we adore Thee,
Thou Light, the Life of all;
With Thee is no forgetting
of all Thine hand hath made;
Thy rising hath no setting,
Thy sunshine hath no shade.
Light of the world, illumine
this darkened earth of Thine,
Till everything that’s human be
filled with what’s divine;
Till every tongue and nation,
from sin’s dominion free,
Rise in the new creation which
springs from love and Thee.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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7 6 7 6 D
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Dates:
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1863
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Bible Refs:
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Jn 8:12;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1956 | # 454 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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SALVE DOMINE
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Meter:
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7 6 7 6 D
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1909
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 454 | G |
echo ' | ';
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Hymn Writer
