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Text:In the Advent Light
Author:E. May Grimes Crawford
Tune:YOSEMITE
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

2952. In the Advent Light

1. In the Advent light, O Savior,
I am living day by day;
Waiting, working, watching ever,
Knowing Thou art on Thy way.

2. Separated unto Jesus,
Loosed from all the world beside;
Blinded by the Advent glory,
Hour by hour would I abide.

3. So from glory unto glory,
Gladdened by the Advent ray;
All the path is growing brighter,
Shining unto perfect day.

4. In the Advent light to witness
To a dark and dying world;
This the holy ordination—
May His banner be unfurled.

5. In the Advent light rejoicing!
Songs of praise along the road
Seem to make the journey shorter,
Mounting upward to our God!

6. He is coming! He is coming!
Pass the heavenly watchword on!
Go ye forth to meet the Bridegroom
Hail! to God’s anointed Son!

7. See the Advent glory breaking!
Faith will soon be lost in sight;
Face to face I shall behold Him—
Bathed in His eternal light!

Text Information
First Line: In the Advent light, O Savior
Title: In the Advent Light
Author: E. May Grimes Crawford (1902)
Meter: 87.87
Language: English
Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith, by James Mountain (London: Marshall Brothers, new & enlarged edition, circa 1902), number 410
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: YOSEMITE
Composer: Anonymous (before 1903)
Meter: 87.87
Incipit: 11432 32166 66717
Key: D Major
Source: From the "S.A.G.M. Leaflets"
Copyright: Public Domain



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