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My Purchased Files| Text: | O Christ, You Are the Light and Day |
| Author (st. 4): | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
| Translator (sts. 1-3): | William J. Copeland, 1804-1885 |
| Tune: | CHRISTE, DER DU BIST TAG UND LICHT |
273. O Christ, You Are the Light and Day
1 O Christ, you are the light and day;
You drive the gloom of night away;
Grant, Light of light, your Word to show
The light of heav'n to us below.
2 Arise, O God, our shield, repel
The darts and subtleties of hell;
Let your right hand, outstretched above,
Guard those who serve the Lord they love.
3 All-holy Lord, in humble prayer,
We ask tonight your watchful care
And pray that our repose may be
A quiet night, from perils free.
4 To God the Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Be glory in the highest giv'n
By all on earth and all in heav'n!
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | O Christ, you are the light and day |
| Title: | O Christ, You Are the Light and Day |
| Translator (sts. 1-3): | William J. Copeland, 1804-1885 (alt.) |
| Author (st. 4): | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
| Meter: | L M |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1978 |
| Topic: | Evening; Epiphany |
| Source: | Latin hymn, 6th cent., sts. 1-3 |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | CHRISTE, DER DU BIST TAG UND LICHT |
| Meter: | L M |
| Key: | g minor |
| Source: | J. Klug, Geistliche Lieder, 1533 |
| Copyright: | Setting © 1970 Neues Choralbuch, Bärenreiter-Verlag Kassel and Basel. Used by permission |
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