Christ Is The World's True Light
- Words:
- George W. Briggs
- Music:
- Ahasuerus Fritsch, Arr. by Johann S. Bach
Sheet music
- 1Christ is the world’s true light,Its captain of salvation,The daystar clear and brightOf ev’ry man and nation;New life, now hope awakesWhere’er men own his sway:Freedom her bondage breaks,And night is turned to day.
- 2In Christ all races meet,Their ancient feuds forgetting,The whole round world complete,From sun rise to its setting:When Christ is throned as Lord,Men shall for sake their fear,To plow-share beat the sword,To pruning-hook the spear.
- 3One Lord, in one great nameUnite us all who own Thee,Cast out our pride and shameThat hinder to enthrone Thee;The world has waited long,Has travailed long in pain,To heal its ancient wrong,Come, Prince of Peace, and reign.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1931, the words are in 53 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.