Hymn
This Is the Day of Light
This is the day of light:
Let there be light to-day;
O Dayspring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.
This is the day of rest:
Our failing strength renew;
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy fresh'ning dew.
This is the day of peace:
Thy peace our spirits fill;
Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.
This is the first of days;
Send forth Thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!
Amen.
This Is the Day of Light — Text from Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/this-is-the-day-of-light
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote This Is the Day of Light?
The words of This Is the Day of Light were written by John Ellerton; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 7 more hymns by John Ellerton, including Welcome, Happy Morning! and Our day of praise is done.
Is This Is the Day of Light public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, published in 1917. 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 metre of This Is the Day of Light?
This Is the Day of Light is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, O Lord, Our Heavenly King, The Spirit in Our Hearts and Faith in Christ the Savior.