Be A Light For Jesus
- Words:
- B. F. Sims
- Music:
- B. F. Sims
Sheet music
- 1O, ye Christian soldiers as you march along,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day;Keep His banner hoisted all the whole day long,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, bright, shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day, (ev'ry day,)Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, be a shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.
- 2Keep your lamps trimmed, burning so that all may see, Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day;Let the world see Jesus and from sin be free,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, bright, shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day, (ev'ry day,)Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, be a shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.
- 3Thousands grope in darkness that can never see,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day;Until we point them up to Mount Calvary,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, bright, shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day, (ev'ry day,)Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, be a shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.
- 4Keep the light bright, shining all the world around,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day;'Till, released from darkness, all the Lord have found,Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, bright, shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day, (ev'ry day,)Be a light, be a light,(Bright, shining light, be a shining light,)Be a light for Jesus ev'ry day.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 18 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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