Light After Dark
- Words:
- Frances R. Havergal
- Music:
- Ira D. Sankey
Sheet music
- 1Light after darkness, Gain after loss,Strength after weakness, Crown after cross;Sweet after bitter, Hope after fears,Home after wandering, Praise after tears.Sheaves after sowing, Sun after rain,Sight after mystery, Peace after pain;Joy after sorrow, Calm after blast,Rest after weariness, Sweet rest at last.
- 2Near after distant, Gleam after gloom,Love after loneliness, Life after tomb;After long agony, Rapture of bliss,Right was the pathway, Leading to this.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1879, the words are in 124 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.