Hymn
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
- Writer
- P. P. Bliss
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Brightly beams our Father's mercy,
From His lighthouse evermore,
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.
Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore.
Trim your feeble lamp, my brother
Some poor sailor tempest tost,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost.
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/let-the-lower-lights-be-burning
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Let the Lower Lights Be Burning?
The words of Let the Lower Lights Be Burning were written by P. P. Bliss; the version here was published in 1908. The library holds 11 more hymns by P. P. Bliss, including Hallelujah, 'Tis Done! and Once for All.
Is Let the Lower Lights Be Burning public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of Let the Lower Lights Be Burning?
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning is in 8.7.8.7 with refrain. Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, When We All Get to Heaven, My Savior's Love and The Open Gate.