Let the Lower Lights Be Burning

Verse 1
Brightly beams our Fa­ther’s mer­cy
From His light­house ev­er­more,
But to us He gives the keep­ing
Of the lights along the shore.

Chorus
Let the lower lights be burning (Matt. 5:16, Luke 12:35, Phil. 2:15-16)
Send a gleam across the wave
Some poor strugg­ling, sink­ing seaman
You may res­cue, you may save.

Verse 2
Dark the night of sin has sett­led, (John 3:19)
Loud the ang­ry bil­lows roar;
Eager eyes are watch­ing, long­ing
For the lights along the shore.

Verse 3
Trim your fee­ble lamp, my bro­ther, (Matt. 25:1-13)
Some poor sail­or tem­pest tossed,
Trying now to make the har­bor,
In the dark­ness may be lost.