When the Daylight Breaks

Shine, shine, Father Divine,
Out in the fields where night is spreading

Gleam, gleam, heart-searching beam,

Down in the vales where vice is treading

Rise, rise, Star of the skies,

Over the shades of human sorrow ;

Play, play, Fount of living day,

On eyes that wait for tomorrow.

Lead us by Your light, give blind eyes new sight

Your Word is a great lamp unto our feet

May your Glory shine  that those who seek may find

That the living light will never know defeat

When the daylight breaks from the Mercy Seat.

Bring, bring, health on Your wing

Into the homes where sickness reigns;

Bear, bear, freedom from care

Into the hearts where fortune pains ;

Give, give, courage to live

Unto the souls where anguish wakes ;

Tell, tell, all things shall answer well

At morn when the daylight breaks.

Lead us by Your light, give blind eyes new sight

Your Word is a great lamp unto our feet

May your Glory shine  that those who seek may find

That the living light will never know defeat

When the daylight breaks from the mercy seat.

" The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light."

Isaiah 9: 2; Romans 3:25; Hebrews 9:5

After a poem by George Matheson

New words and chorus by Anthony Foster

December 28, 2020