Text:Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts
Author:William Merrell Vories
Tune:SONG 34
Composer:Orlando Gibbons

451. 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 ends all strain and strife;
Make us your 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 casts away 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 your wayward children peace!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Let there be light, Lord God of Hosts
Title: Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts
Author: William Merrell Vories (1908, alt. 1972)
Meter: L.M.
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Christian Year: Epiphany; Civil Year: Labor Day; Other Observances: Mission (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SONG 34
Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623)
Meter: L.M.
Key: F Major
Notes: As in Hymnal for Colleges and Schools, 1956



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