Above: Lake in Dawn Time
Image in the Public Domain
Text (1863) by Greville Phillimore (1821-1884)
Hymn Source = The Hymnal (1911), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
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O God, before Thy sun’s bright beams
All night’s dark and shadows fly;
So on the soul Thy mercy gleams,
And doubts and terrors die.
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So freshly falls Thy heaven-sent grace
As morning’s gladdening breath;
Gives light to all to seek Thy face,
And guides in life and death.
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O holy light! O light of God!
O light unseen below,
Which fills the courts of Thine abode,
Which there the blest shall know!
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Swift comes the hour when none can toil,
Short is the rugged way:
Teach us to fill our lamps with oil,
Whilst it is called to-day.
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Then we shall see that glorious light
Which to the saints is given,
So sweet, so fair, so passing bright,
The eternal morn of heaven.
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O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
O holy One in Three,
Grant us, with all Thy glorious host,
To share that morn with Thee.
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