Author: Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 Hymnal: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #267 (2011) Hymnal Title: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal First Line: Brightly beams our Father's mercy Refrain First Line: Let the lower lights be burning! Lyrics: 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] Topics: The Christian Life Repentance and Forgiveness; God Love and Fatherhood; Invitation; Missions Scripture: Psalm 108:4 Languages: English Tune Title: LOWER LIGHTS
Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy (Let the Lower Lights Be Burning)