Scripture Verse

Send out Thy light and Thy truth. Psalm 43:3

Introduction

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Joseph P. Webster (1819–1875)

Words: Em­ma F. Bar­rows, in Bi­ble Stu­dy Songs for Jun­ior So­cie­ties, Jun­ior and Pri­ma­ry Sun­day Schools, by Ber­tha F. Vel­la & Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Pil­grim Press, 1899), pag­es 153–54.

Music: Sweet By and By Jo­seph P. Web­ster (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

There are lands far away o’er the sea,
Where in darkness are souls seeking light,
And the call comes to you and to me,
Who have learned of the way pure and right.

Refrain

Send the light all the way,
That the marvelous glo­ry divine
Turn the darkness to day,
Till the whole world for Je­sus shall shine.

In the darkness of error they grope,
And the Sav­ior in whom we abide
Cannot cheer with one bright ray of hope,
Till we teach them to walk by His side.

Refrain

Bearing light is a part we may do,
Holding high that its beams reach afar,
So the light of the truth shine anew,
Beaming forth from the bright Morning Star.

Refrain

Those who lead souls by light all divine,
Those who tell of God’s wonderful love,
As the stars ev­er­more they shall shine,
In the brightness of glo­ry above.

Refrain