The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#670

670. Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy

1 Brightly beams our Father’s mercy
From His lighthouse evermore;
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.

Refrain:
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.

2 Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore. [Refrain]

3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother!
Some poor seaman, tempest-tossed,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Brightly beams our Father's mercy
• Title: Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy
• Author: Phillip P. Bliss, 1838-1876
• Meter: 8.7.8.7. with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Zion/WH and O. M. Society

Tune Information

• Name: LOWER LIGHTS
• Composer: Phillip P. Bliss, 1838-1876
• Meter: 8.7.8.7. with Refrain
• Key: B♭ Major