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Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
Author: Mrs. Ormiston Chant, 1848 Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
With wandering far;
But Thou didst come our lonely hearts to greet,
O Morning Star;
And Thou didst bid us lift our gaze on high,
To see the glory of the glowing sky.
2 In days long past we missed our homeward way;
We could not see;
Blind were our eyes, our feet were bound to stray;
How blind to Thee!
But Thou didst pity, Lord, our gloomy plight;
And Thou didst touch our eyes, and give them sight.
3 Now hallelujahs rise along the road
Our glad feet tread;
Thy love hath shared our sorrow's heavy load;
There's light o'erhead:
Glory to Thee whose love hath led us on,
Glory for all the great things Thou hast done.
4 Where is death's sting, where, grave, thy victory,
Where all the pain,
Now that thy King the veil that hung o'er thee
Hath rent in twain?
Light of the world, we hear Thee bid us come
To light and love in Thine eternal home. Topics: Christ Morning Star; The Godhead The Son; Morning Star; Star Morning; Jesus (See also Christ) Light of the World; Jesus (See also Christ) Morning Star Used With Tune: SANDON
Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
Light of the World! Faint Were Our Weary Feet
Author: Laura O. D. Chant Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4000 Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Lyrics: 1. Light of the world! Faint were our weary feet
With wand’ring far;
But Thou didst come, our lonely heart to greet,
Our Morning Star;
And Thou didst bid us lift our gaze on high
And see the glory of the glowing sky.
2. In days long past we missed our homeward way,
We could not see;
Blind were our eyes, our feet were bound to stray,
How blind to Thee!
But Thou didst pity, Lord, our gloomy plight,
And Thou didst touch our eyes and give them sight.
3. Where is death’s sting, where, grave, thy victory?
Where all the pain,
Now that thy King the veil that hung o’er thee
Hath rent in twain?
Light of the world, we hear Thee bid us come
To light and love, in Thine eternal home. Languages: English Tune Title: SANDON
Light of the World! Faint Were Our Weary Feet
Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
Author: Mrs. Ormiston Chant, 1848 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #114a (1917) Lyrics: 1 Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
With wandering far;
But Thou didst come our lonely hearts to greet,
O Morning Star;
And Thou didst bid us lift our gaze on high,
To see the glory of the glowing sky.
2 In days long past we missed our homeward way;
We could not see;
Blind were our eyes, our feet were bound to stray;
How blind to Thee!
But Thou didst pity, Lord, our gloomy plight;
And Thou didst touch our eyes, and give them sight.
3 Now hallelujahs rise along the road
Our glad feet tread;
Thy love hath shared our sorrow's heavy load;
There's light o'erhead:
Glory to Thee whose love hath led us on,
Glory for all the great things Thou hast done.
4 Where is death's sting, where, grave, thy victory,
Where all the pain,
Now that thy King the veil that hung o'er thee
Hath rent in twain?
Light of the world, we hear Thee bid us come
To light and love in Thine eternal home. Topics: Christ Morning Star; The Godhead The Son; Morning Star; Star Morning; Jesus (See also Christ) Light of the World; Jesus (See also Christ) Morning Star Languages: English Tune Title: SANDON
Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
Author: Mrs. Ormiston Chant, 1848 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #114b (1917) Lyrics: 1 Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
With wandering far;
But Thou didst come our lonely hearts to greet,
O Morning Star;
And Thou didst bid us lift our gaze on high,
To see the glory of the glowing sky.
2 In days long past we missed our homeward way;
We could not see;
Blind were our eyes, our feet were bound to stray;
How blind to Thee!
But Thou didst pity, Lord, our gloomy plight;
And Thou didst touch our eyes, and give them sight.
3 Now hallelujahs rise along the road
Our glad feet tread;
Thy love hath shared our sorrow's heavy load;
There's light o'erhead:
Glory to Thee whose love hath led us on,
Glory for all the great things Thou hast done.
4 Where is death's sting, where, grave, thy victory,
Where all the pain,
Now that thy King the veil that hung o'er thee
Hath rent in twain?
Light of the world, we hear Thee bid us come
To light and love in Thine eternal home. Topics: Christ Morning Star; The Godhead The Son; Morning Star; Star Morning; Jesus (See also Christ) Light of the World; Jesus (See also Christ) Morning Star Languages: English Tune Title: LUX BEATA
Light of the world, faint were our weary feet
A. L. Peace
1844 - 1912 Person Name: Dr. A. L. Peace, 1844-1912 Composer of "LUX BEATA" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Albert Lister Peace DMus United Kingdom 1844-1912. Born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of a warehouseman and woolstapler, he was extremely gifted as a musician, largely self-taught, playing the organ at Holmfirth Parish Church near Huddersfield at age nine. He married Margaret Martin Steel Gilchrist, and they had three children: Lister, Archibald, and Margaret. In 1865 he was appointed organist of Trinity Congregational Church in Glasgow, Scotland. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1875. He became organist at Glasgow Cathedral in 1879. In 1897 he succeeded William Best as organist at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. In later years he was in much demand to play the organ in recitals. He did so at Canterbury Cathedral (1886), Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (1888), and Newcastle Cathedral (1891). He composed orchestrations, sonatas, cantatas, and concert and church service anthems. He was an arranger, author, and editor. He died at Blundelsands, Liverpool, England.
John Perry
A. L. Peace
Charles H. Purday
1799 - 1885 Composer of "SANDON" in The Cyber Hymnal Charles H. Purday (1799-1885) A publisher, composer, lecturer, and writer, Purday had a special interest in church music. He published Crown Court Psalmody (1854), Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860), which included SANDON, and, with Frances Havergal, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879). A precentor in the Scottish Church in Crown Court, London, Purday sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria. In the publishing field he is known as a strong proponent of better copyright laws to protect the works of authors and publishers.
Bert Polman
Charles H. Purday
Laura Ormiston Chant
1848 - 1923 Person Name: Mrs. Ormiston Chant, 1848 Author of "Light of the world, faint were our weary feet" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Chant, Laura Ormiston, née Dibdin, daughter of F. W. Dibdin, O.E., was bom at Woolastone, Gloucestershire, in 1848, was for some time Sister of the Sophia Wards of the London Hospital, and married to Thomas Chant, M.R.C.S., of Bridgewater, in 1877. Of Mrs. Chant's hymns, these are in common use:—
1. Beyond the far horizon. [Heaven.] Written at the request of Stopford A. Brooke for his Christian Hymns, 1891. It is also printed as a leaflet in 5 stanzas of 8 lines.
2. Light of the world, faint were our weary feet. [Christ the Light of the World.] Written in June, 1901, at the request of the Rev. S. Collier, Superintendent of the Central Wesleyan Mission in Manchester. As the hymn is regarded by many as an imitation of Cardinal Newman's "Lead, kindly light," &c, Mrs. Chant's account of its origin is worthy of attention:—
Mr. Collier "said how amazingly fond the rescued men were of the tune 'Sandon,' but that 'Lead, kindly light,' though so beautiful, was not an adequate expression of their feelings, and would I try and write something as tender, but gladder than Newman's lovely hymn. I did my best to express myself, and so gave what was wanted" The hymn was first printed as a broadsheet, and then passed into The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, and other collections.
3. Silence, 0 earth, and listen to the song. [Spring.] This hymn is of more than usual excellence, and is worthy of attention. It is printed as a broadsheet, and may be had at Albemarle House, E. Twickenham.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Laura Ormiston Chant
