The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4109

4109. The Light of the World Is Jesus

1. The whole world was lost
In the darkness of sin,
The Light of the world is Jesus!
Like sunshine at noonday,
His glory shone in.
The Light of the world is Jesus!

Refrain
Come to the light, ’tis shining for thee;
Sweetly the light has dawned upon me.
Once I was blind, but now I can see:
The Light of the world is Jesus!

2. No darkness have we
Who in Jesus abide;
The Light of the world is Jesus!
We walk in the light
When we follow our Guide!
The Light of the world is Jesus! [Refrain]

3. Ye dwellers in darkness
With sin blinded eyes,
The Light of the world is Jesus!
Go, wash, at His bidding,
And light will arise.
The Light of the world is Jesus! [Refrain]

4. No need of the sunlight
In Heaven we’re told;
The Light of the world is Jesus!
The Lamb is the Light
In the city of gold,
The Light of the world is Jesus! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: The whole world was lost
• Title: The Light of the World Is Jesus
• Author: Philip P. Bliss (1875)
• Refrain First Line: Come to the light, 'tis shining for thee
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Once Dr. [Earl S.] Tay­lor was in Cal­cut­ta dur­ing an eclipse of the sun. For days be­fore that event he saw the ci­ty’s streets crowd­ed with pil­grims on their way to var­i­ous sac­red plac­es, where they hoped to wor­ship and bathe in the Hoog­hly ri­ver just be­low the Gan­ges dur­ing the time of the eclipse, ex­pect­ing there­by to ward off evil. When at last the fate­ful hour of dark­ness ar­rived hun­dreds of thou­sands of na­tives thronged the sac­red wa­ters, ter­ror­ized by the eclipse and mak­ing a great cla­mor be­cause they feared a great pow­er of evil in the form of a snake was about to swall­ow the sun-god. As Dr. Tay­lor, look­ing from the Y. M. C. Build­ing, wit­nessed this ter­ri­ble ev­i­dence of heath­en­ish su­per­sti­tion, he heard group of na­tive Chris­tians sing­ing in their meet­ing: "The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin; The Light of the World is Jesus." How thrill­ing! For In­dia’s spir­it­u­al dark­ness is due sole­ly to the eclipse of Je­sus, the Light of the world, made by heath­en­ism in the hearts of her be­night­ed mill­ions. Price, p. 20

Tune Information

• Name: [The whole world was lost]
• Composer: Philip Paul Bliss (1875)
• Incipit: 51233 21212 33555
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain