Scripture Verse

I am the light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life. John 8:12

Introduction

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Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)

Words: Ho­ra­ti­us Bo­nar, The Song of the New Cre­ation (Lon­don: James Nis­bet, 1872), pag­es 113–14, alt.

Music: George C. Steb­bins, in Chris­tian En­dea­vor Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ira D. San­key (New York and Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Big­low & Main and the Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1894), num­ber 59 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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George Stebbins
(1846–1945)

Lyrics

Light of life, so soft­ly shin­ing
From the cross of Cal­va­ry;
Never wan­ing nor de­clin­ing,
Shine on me, O shine on me!

Refrain

Shine on me, O shine on me,
Light of Life, O shine on me;
With the love of Je­sus beam­ing,
Shine on me, O shine on me.

Light of life, so sweet­ly gleam­ing
Down up­on our troubled sea,
With the love of Je­sus beam­ing,
Shine on me, O shine on me!

Refrain

Light of life, that knows no fad­ing;
From all changes Thou art free.
Holy Light, that knows no shad­ing,
Shine on me, O shine on me!

Refrain

Light of life, that knows no set­ting,
Day and night Thy beams we see,
Joy and peace in us be­get­ting,
Shine on me, O shine on me!

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Light of life, in child­hood’s glad­ness,
To Thy ra­di­ance we would flee;
Be our strength in days of sad­ness,
Shine on me, O shine on me!

Refrain

Light of life, all health be­stow­ing,
Lift we up our eyes to Thee;
From the cross of Je­sus flow­ing,
Shine on me, O shine on me!

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