Let There Be Light, Lord God of Hosts

Let there be light

Lord God of hosts

Let there be wis­dom on the earth;

Let broad hu­man­ity have birth

Let there be deeds

in­stead of boasts.

Within our pass­ioned hearts in­still

The calm that end­eth strain and strife;

Make us thy min­is­ters of life;

Purge us from lusts that curse and kill.

Give us the peace of vi­sion clear

To see our bro­thers’ good our own

To joy and suf­fer not alone

The love that cast­eth out all fear.

Let woe and waste of war­fare cease

That use­ful la­bor yet may build

Its homes with love and laugh­ter filled;

God give thy way­ward child­ren peace.