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Brighten the Corner Where You Are
- Words:
- V. Mendoza / Ina Duley Ogdon
- Music:
- Charles H. Gabriel
Sheet music
- 1Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do,Do not wait to shed your light afar,To the many duties ever near you now be true,Brighten the corner where you are!Brighten the corner where you are!(Shine for Jesus where you are!)Some one far from harbor you may guide across the bar,Brighten the corner where you are.
- 2Just above the clouded skies that you may help to clear,Let not narrow self your way debar,Tho' into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer,Brighten the corner where you are!Brighten the corner where you are!(Shine for Jesus where you are!)Some one far from harbor you may guide across the bar,Brighten the corner where you are.
- 3Here for all your talent you may surely find a need,Here reflect the bright and morning star,Even from your humble hand the bread of life may feed,Brighten the corner where you are!Brighten the corner where you are!(Shine for Jesus where you are!)Some one far from harbor you may guide across the bar,Brighten the corner where you are.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1913, the words are in 140 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.