Hold the Lamp of Life Aloft

Hold up God’s true and sav­ing light

The lamp of life di­vine;

That bright­ly thro’ sin’s drea­ry night

Its bless­èd rays may shine.

O hold the lamp of life aloft!

Let its light and its glo­ry shine

Till each land and isle afar

Where im­mor­tal spi­rits are

Shall re­joice in the light di­vine.

On life’s great deep our bro­ther’s bark

Is drift­ing with the tide;

The bea­con gleam­ing thro’ the dark

From dan­ger’s course to guide.

In er­ror’s gloom with none to save

From nev­er end­ing loss

Stray pre­cious souls for whom Christ gave

His blood up­on the cross.

While we in God’s true light re­joice

For help a right­eous plea

Comes to us in a plaint­ive voice

From sad lands o’er the sea.