1.
"Let there be light!" Jehovah said,
The beam awoke, the light obey'd;
Bursting on chaos dark and wild,
Till the glad earth and ocean smiled.
2.
Light broke upon my rayless tomb,
The day-star rose upon my gloom;
And, with its gentle newborn ray,
Brighten'd my darkness into day.
3.
Glory to THEE by all be given;
Of light, the light in earth and heaven;
Of joys, the joy; of suns, the sun;
Jesus, the Father's Chosen One.