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Lighten the darkness of our life's long




Lighten the darkness of
our life’s long night,
Through which we blindly stumble to the day,
Shadows mislead us; Father, send Thy light
To set our footsteps in the homeward way.


Lighten the darkness of our self conceit,
The subtle darkness that we love so well,
Which shrouds the path
of wisdom from our feet,
And lulls our spirits with its baneful spell.


Lighten our darkness when
we bow the knee
To all the gods we ignorantly make
And worship, dreaming that we worship Thee,
Till clearer light our slumbering souls awake.


Lighten our darkness when we fail at last,
And in the midnight lay us down to die;
We trust to find Thee when the night is past,
And daylight breaks across the morning sky.

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LYRICS
Meter: 10 10 10 10
Writer(s):
    Trans/Adapted:
      Dates:
      Bible Refs: 2 Sa 22:29;
      LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
      Hymn/Song Book Year Song #
      1919# 667
      1931# 103
      1906# 430
      MUSIC
      Name: ELLERS
      Meter: 10 10 10 10
      Writer(s):
        Dates: 1869
        SCORE PREVIEW
        score
        ALTERNATIVE TUNES
        Name meter
        10 10 10 10
        10 10 10 10

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