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Text:O Light of life, O Saviour dear
Author:Francis T. Palgrave
Tune:ABENDS
Composer:Herbert S. Oakeley

46. O Light of life, O Saviour dear

1 O Light of life, O Saviour dear,
Before we sleep bow down Thine ear:
Through dark and day, o'er land and sea,
We have no other hope but Thee.

2 Oft from Thy royal road we part,
Lost in the mazes of the heart:
Our lamps put out, our course forgot,
We seek for God, and find Him not.

3 What sudden sunbeams cheer our sight!
What dawning risen upon the night!
Thou giv'st Thyself to us, and we
Find guide and path and all in Thee.

4 Through day and darkness, Saviour dear,
Abide with us, more nearly near;
Till on Thy face we lift our eyes,
The Sun of God's own Paradise.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O Light of life, O Saviour dear
Author: Francis T. Palgrave (1865)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: Times of Worship: Evening; Christ: Abiding with Believers; Christ: Light, Our (4 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ABENDS
Composer: Herbert S. Oakeley (1874)
Meter: L. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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