“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.” 1 Thess. 5:5-85Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:5‑8).
Child of light, child of day,
Christian, be of Christ the ray;
Shining in this world of shame,
The brightness of His glorious name.
Child of light, this ray impart
On the sorrow-stricken heart;
Let the orphan feel its glow,
The widow all its beauty know.
Child of day, let Christ still shine
In every act and word of thine;
May thou, midst the sorrow-worn,
The doctrine of the Christ adorn.
Child of day, thy watch-tower keep,
Let not slumber o’er thee creep;
Clothe thy breast with faith and love,
And keep thy heart for Christ above.
Child of light, child of day,
The helmet on thy head display;
The helmet of salvation given
Thro’ Him who now is crowned in heaven.
Child of light, child of day,
Christian, be of Christ the ray;
‘Mid this scene of ceaseless strife,
Holding forth the word of life!
TLM.