Scripture Verse

The bright and morning star. Revelation 22:16

Introduction

Words: Belle C. Har­ring­ton, 1908.

Music: Ed­mund S. Lo­renz (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Edmund S. Lorenz
(1854–1942)

Lyrics

illustration
Star of Bethlehem
Bruno Piglhein (1848–1894)
Wikimedia Commons

Shine in thy beauty, O won­drous star,
Bright on thy ra­di­ant way;
Humbly we fol­low thy lead­ing far,
Be thou our bea­con alway.

Refrain

Shine on! shine on!
O star of the morn­ing, shine on! shine on!
Shine on! shine on!
The wide world adorn­ing, shine on! shine on!
Each soul that in glad­ness thy praise doth sing
Securely and peace­ful­ly thou wilt bring,
Where dwell­eth in glo­ry our heav’n­ly king;
Shine on! shine on! shine on!

Down thro’ the ages, thou vi­vid spark,
Brightly thy glo­ry doth shine,
Filling with pro­mise earth’s cor­ners dark,
Pointing to God’s love di­vine.

Refrain

Brighter thy beams as the years roll by,
Greater their pow­er to bless,
Fadeless thy place in cre­ation’s sky,
Daystar of His right­eous­ness.

Refrain