Scripture Verse

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6

Introduction

Words: Fran­cis P. Grif­fith, in the Church and Sun­day School Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by John D. Brunk (Scott­dale, Penn­syl­van­ia: Men­non­ite Pub­lish­ing House, 1902), num­ber 81.

Music: Ca­gay­an de Oro Aar­on C. Kolb (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Shine in my heart, Lord Je­sus,
And lead me in­to light;
Dispel each cloud and sha­dow
And chase away my night;
Shine on my soul, O Je­sus,
And warm me with Thy love,
Oh, help me when I need Thee,
Thy faith­ful­ness to prove.

Shine in my heart, Lord Je­sus;
I need Thee ev­ery day
To help me keep Thy sta­tutes
To walk the nar­row way;
Oh, leave me not, my Sav­ior,
Or else I faint, I fall;
Come in Thy might and help me
When Thou dost hear me call.

Increase my faith, Lord Je­sus,
May Thy dear pre­cious blood
Of sin com­plete­ly cleanse me
And make me pure and good;
Increase my love, O Je­sus,
And bind my heart to Thee,
So when my days are num­bered
Thy smile of love I’ll see.

And when the king of ter­rors
Shall stand across my way,
Oh, help me to go for­ward,
Regardless of his sway:
Thy rod and staff to help me,
My safe­ty will en­sure,
And with the Fa­ther’s fa­vor,
I’ll rest in love se­cure.