Scripture Verse

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven. Matthew 5:16

Introduction

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John H. Tenney (1840–1918)

Words: Lu­cy M. Ten­ney, in The Bea­con Light, edited by John Ten­ney & Eli­sha A. Hoff­man (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1881), num­ber 46.

Music: John H. Ten­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Lu­cy Ten­ney (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Scatter the sun­beams! send forth the light;
Drive back the sha­dows of sor­row’s dark night.
Show to the cheer­less, Je­sus the way;
Point to the re­gions of hea­ven­ly day.

Refrain

Scatter the sun­beams, the bright gold­en sun­beams,
Scatter the sun­beams, the sun­beams of love.

Scatter the sun­beams! cheer with thy smile;
Bless oth­er souls by a heart with­out guile;
Strive by kind act­ions wan­d’rers to win,
Back from the by­paths of er­ror and sin.

Refrain

Scatter the sun­beams! hope beam­eth bright,
Bathed is her fore­head with ra­di­ant light!
Shed forth that bright­ness where’er you go,
Blessing and bless­èd, your life’s jour­ney through.

Refrain