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Here's how we'll do one version, saving the Hark version for a little later.

~S~

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JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Based on a version recorded by the Bethel Quartet, 1928. Additional verses (text based on Sacred Harp) edited by Susan O. Hinton.



REFRAIN:
Walk in this light,
Beautiful light!
Come where the dewdrops of Mercy shine bright.
Shine all around us
By day and by night,
Jesus, the light of the world.

1. My grief a burden long had been
(Jesus, the light of the world),
Because I could not bear my sin
(Jesus, the light of the world).
Naught but my sin had I to give,
(Jesus, the light of the world).
Naught but His love did I receive
(Jesus, the light of the world).

2. Oh I am done with this old world
(Jesus, the light of the world);
From now I want to serve the Lord,
(Jesus, the light of the world).
Jesus my all to heaven is gone;
(Jesus, the light of the world)
He whom I fixed my hopes upon
(Jesus, the light of the world).

3. His track I see and I'll pursue
(Jesus, the light of the world);
The narrow way till Him I view
(Jesus, the light of the world).
This is the way I long have sought
(Jesus, the light of the world),
And mourned because I found it not;
(Jesus, the light of the world).

4. The King's highway of holiness
(Jesus, the light of the world);
I'll go, for all His paths are peace
(Jesus, the light of the world).
The way the holy prophets went
(Jesus, the light of the world),
Th road that leads from banishment
(Jesus, the light of the world).

5. Then I will tell the sinners around,
(Jesus, the light of the world).
About the Savior I have found;
(Jesus, the light of the world).
I'll point to His redeeming blood,
(Jesus, the light of the world).
And say, "Here is the way to God."
(Jesus, the light of the world).

6. When I get home I'll see the Lamb
(Jesus, the light of the world),
And He'll enfold me, as I am
(Jesus, the light of the world).
Upon the crystal pavement down
(Jesus, the light of the world),
With joy I'll cast my worldly crown
(Jesus, the light of the world).

7. I'll sing His praise in Paradise
(Jesus, the light of the world),
Warmed by the light that never dies
(Jesus, the light of the world).
If you get there before I do
(Jesus, the light of the world);
Just tell my Lord I'm comin' too
(Jesus, the light of the world).