Hold up God’s true and sav­ing light,
The lamp of life di­vine;
That bright­ly thro’ sin’s drea­ry night
Its bless­èd rays may shine.

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O hold the lamp of life aloft!
Let its light and its glo­ry shine,
Till each land and isle afar,
Where im­mor­tal spi­rits are,
Shall rejoice in the light di­vine.

On life’s great deep our bro­ther’s bark
Is drift­ing with the tide;
The bea­con gleam­ing thro’ the dark,
From dan­ger’s course to guide.

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In er­ror’s gloom with none to save
From ne­ver end­ing loss,
Stray pre­cious souls for whom Christ gave
His blood up­on the cross.

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While we in God’s true light re­joice,
For help a right­eous plea
Comes to us in a plaint­ive voice
From sad lands o’er the sea.

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