Tune: Lux Benigna
(\'Lead, kindly light\')
Based on a Collect - a Formal Prayer
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Lighten our darkness, we beseech you, Lord
And by your word
Guide us, for your word it be a lamp sure
And a light pure
Onward each step, trusting where we not know
What lies ahead, but believe good will show
And by your great mercy us do defend
Unto the end
From all perils and dangers of this night
Whate\'er would fright
This do we pray, for love of Christ your Son [Amen]
Our good Shepherd and our redeeming one
Opening our hearts to you, you who know
All hearts full[y] so
Seeking to grow in Christ\'s image each day
And go His way
Empowered by your Spirit, He within
Us, we His temples, He does cleanse from sin
Ever hoping, strengthen our faith in you
To you e\'er view
Comfort and heal where we struggle, downcast
It not e\'er last
Going on by faith, not by things of sight
\'Til dawns the day of everlasting light