All Gracious God’s Light!
Text: John A. Dalles
Tune: Hanover - "O Worship the King"

All gracious God’s Light, sheer brightness that shines
Unending delight, unto us inclines!
Lord, shine in our lives, pure and dazzling and best!
Shine Jesus most holy! Shine Jesus most blessed!

We sing of the light God’s glory proclaims,
Of holy delight in Christ Jesus’ name,
From morning’s awaking through all the day long,
Till sunset and nighttime, to God we belong!

O Christ, Son of God, O Giver of days,
You, Jesus, are worthy at all times of praise;
So sing, happy voices! Sing unto the Lord,
O come glorify Him throughout the whole world!

All praise unto God! All praise to the Son!
To Spirit sing praise, to God, Three in One!
Sing praise from the dawning unto vesper rays,
Forever, forever O give God all praise!


(After two ancient hymns, “The Phos Hilaron” and "The Eventide Hymn" or "The Hymn for the Lighting of the Lamps”).


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