Author: C. Winkworth; J. Herrmann Hymnal: Wartburg Hymnal #234 (1918) Hymnal Title: Wartburg Hymnal 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 whom in their secret minds
Some dark delusion haunts and blinds.
3 And all who else have strayed from Thee,
O gently seek! Thy healing be
To ev'ry wounded conscience giv'n,
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 wand'rers from Thy fold,
Unite all those who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.
6 So they with us may evermore
Such grace with wond'ring thanks adore,
And endless praise to Thee be given
By all Thy Church in earth and heaven. Topics: Reformation, Church, Missions
O Christ, our true and only light