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Text:“Let There Be Light.”
Author:Anonymous

138. “Let There Be Light.”

On earth was darkness spread,
One boundless night;
“Let there be light,” God said,—
And there was light!

There hung a deeper gloom
O’er quick and dead,
But Jesus burst the tomb,
And darkness fled.

God by His word arrayed
Darkness with light;
God by His Son displayed
Day without night.

For thee, O man, arose
Creation’s ray;
For thee, too, brighter glows
Salvation’s day.

The beams first poured on earth
For mortals shone;
The light of later birth
Immortals own.

Text Information
First Line: On earth was darkness spread
Title: “Let There Be Light.”
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 4s. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
Notes: Public Domain.
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