Light of the world’s dark sto­ry,
Jesus, Thy name we praise;
Thou art the Lord of glo­ry,
The bright­ness of our days.
We would go sing­ing, sing­ing,
Along our pil­grim road,
With love and hope up­wing­ing,
Haste to our fixed abode.

Joy for the world’s sal­va­tion
Wrought amid sins and fears,
Man’s glo­ri­ous con­sum­ma­tion
Shining be­yond our tears.
Songs in the room of sigh­ing,
Joy in des­pite of woe,
On God’s good care re­ly­ing
That leads us as we go.