Author: Catherine Winkworth; Johann Heermann Hymnal: Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #47 (1917) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our true and only Light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Let those afar now hear Thy voice,
And in Thy fold with us rejoice.
2 Fill with the radiance of Thy grace
The souls now lost in error's maze,
And all, O Lord, whose secret minds
Some dark delusion hurts and blinds.
3 And all who else have strayed from Thee,
O gently seek; Thy healing be
To every wounded conscience given,
And let them also share thy heaven.
4 O make the deaf to hear Thy Word,
And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Though secretly they hold it now.
5 Shine on the darkened and the cold;
Recall the wanderers to Thy fold,
Unite all those who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.
6 So they with us may evermore
Such grace with wondering thanks adore
And endless praise to Thee be given
By all Thy Church in earth and heaven.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Epiphany Languages: English Tune Title: ST. OSWALD
O Christ, our true and only Light