Hymn: Source of light and life divine
- Title:
- First Line: Source of light and life divine
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: John Chandler
- Born: 1806
- Died: 1876
- Gender: M
Full Text
Source of light and life divine! Thou didst cause the light to shine; Thou didst bring Thy sunbeams forth O'er Thy new-created earth. Shade of night and morning ray Took from Thee the name of day: Now again the shades are nigh, Listen to Thy children's cry! May we ne'er, by guilt depressed, Lose the way to endless rest; May no thoughts, corrupt and vain, Draw our souls to earth again. Rather help them still to rise Where our dearest treasure lies; Help us in our daily strife, Make us struggle into life!