HOLY FATHER, CHEER OUR WAY
"Darkness is as light to You." Psalms 139:12
Words: Richard H. Robinson, 1869.
Music: "Vesperi Lux," John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876).
Holy Father, cheer our way
With Thy love's perpetual ray;
Grant us every closing day
Light at evening time.
Holy Savior, calm our fears
When earth's brightness disappears;
Grant us in our later years
Light at evening time.
Holy Spirit, be Thou nigh
When in mortal pains we lie;
Grant us, as we come to die,
Light at evening time.
Holy, blessèd Trinity,
Darkness is not dark to thee;
Those Thou keepest always see
Light at evening time.