613 True Light, that lightest all in heaven and earth, Light us Thou Light divine;

1 True Light, that lightest all in heaven and earth, Light us Thou Light divine; Children Thou mad'st us by a second birth, Children, O Lord, of Thine; Heirs of a life undying, The hidden life above, Strong on Thy strength relying, Safe in a Father's love. 2 The earth, erewhile so oft bedewed with tears, Shall be, like man, new-born; The heavens unrolled through unimagined years Be bright with endless morn; No room is there for sorrow, Toil, trouble, want, or care, None anxious for the morrow, There is no morrow there. 3 Light there, eternal light and life shall reign O'er all without, within; No stricken soul e'er bow beneath the pain Of unforgotten sin; The day shall have no ending, No night its shadows cast, All present gladness blending With gladness in the past. 4 We darkly now, as in a mirror, see These wondrous worlds on high; Help us, O Lord, to live our life in Thee, The life that cannot die; Till heavenward ever soaring, By Thy redeeming grace, Before Thy throne adoring We see Thee face to face.