| Text: | Light of the anxious heart |
| Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, d. 1153 |
| Translator: | Robert Campbell |
| Tune: | GORTON |
| Composer: | Beethoven |
1 Light of the anxious heart,
Jesus, Thy suppliants cheer;
Bid Thou the gloom of guilt depart,
And shed Thy sweetness here.
2 O happy he whose breast
Thou makest Thine abode;
Sweet Light that with the pure wilt rest,
For they shall see their God.
3 Brightness of God above,
Unfathomable grace,
Within our hearts implant thy love,
And fix Thy dwelling-place.
4 To lowly minds revealed,
Our Saviour we adore;
Like tribute to the Father yield
And Spirit, evermore.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Light of the anxious heart |
| Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, d. 1153 |
| Translator: | Robert Campbell (1850) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1917 |
| Topic: | The Church Year: Epiphany |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | GORTON |
| Composer: | Beethoven (1807) |
| Meter: | S. M. |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |