Hymn: O God, the darkness roll away
- Title:
- First Line: O God, the darkness roll away
- 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: William Gaskell
- Born: 1805
- Died: 1884
- Gender: M
Full Text
O God! the darkness roll away Which clouds the human soul, And let the bright, the perfect day, Speed onward to its goal. Let every hateful passion die, Which makes of brethren foes; And war no longer raise its cry, To mar the world's repose. Let faith, and hope, and charity, Go forth through all the earth; And man, in heavenly bearing, be True to his heavenly birth. Yea, let Thy glorious kingdom come Of holiness and love, And make this world a portal meet For Thy bright courts above.