Text:Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts
Author:William M. Vories
Tune:PENTECOST
Composer:Rev. William Boyd

402. Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts

1 Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts
Let there be wisdom on the earth!
Let broad humanity have birth!
Let there be deeds, instead of boasts!

2 Within our passioned hearts instill
The calm that endeth strain and strife;
Make us Thy ministers of life;
Purge us from lusts that curse and kill!

3 Give us the peace of vision clear
To see our brothers' good our own,
To joy and suffer not alone—
The love that casteth out all fear!

4 Let woe and waste of warfare cease,
That useful labor yet may build
Its homes with love and laughter filled!
God, give Thy wayward children peace!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts
Author: William M. Vories (1908)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: The Kingdom of God on Earth: Brotherhood; Armistice Day; International Peace (2 more...)
Copyright: Words used by permission of The American Peace Society.
Tune Information
Name: PENTECOST
Composer: Rev. William Boyd (1868)
Meter: L. M.
Key: A Major
Copyright: Tune used by permission of Novello and Company, Ltd.



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