O Christ, Our True and Only Light

O Christ

our true and on­ly light

Illumine those who sit in night

Let those afar now hear Thy voice

And in Thy fold with us re­joice.

Fill with the ra­di­ance of Thy grace

The souls now lost in er­ror’s maze

And all whom in their sec­ret minds

Some dark de­lu­sion hurts and blinds.

And all who else have strayed from Thee

O gent­ly seek! Thy heal­ing be

To ev­ery wound­ed con­science giv’n;

And let them al­so share Thy Heav’n.

O make the deaf to hear Thy Word;

And teach the dumb to speak

dear Lord

Who dare not yet the faith avow

Though se­cret­ly they hold it now.

Shine on the dark­ened and the cold;

Recall the wan­der­ers to Thy fold;

Unite those now who walk apart;

Confirm the weak and doubt­ing heart.

So they with us may ev­er­more

Such grace with won­der­ing thanks ad­ore

And end­less praise to Thee be giv’n

By all Thy Church in earth and Heav’n.