Light of the World’s Dark Story

Light of the world’s dark sto­ry

Jesus

Thy name we praise;

Thou art the Lord of glo­ry

The bright­ness of our days.

We would go sing­ing

sing­ing

Along our pil­grim road

With love and hope up­wing­ing

Haste to our fixed ab­ode.

Joy for the world’s sal­va­tion

Wrought amid sins and fears

Man’s glo­ri­ous con­sum­ma­tion

Shining be­yond our tears.

Songs in the room of sigh­ing

Joy in des­pite of woe

On God’s good care re­ly­ing

That leads us as we go.