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Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy

Lyrics by
Philip P. Bliss (1873)
Music by
Philip P. Bliss (1873)
Tune
MERCY · 8.7.8.7
Scripture
Psalm 112:4
Verse 1
Brightly beams our Father's mercy,
From His lighthouse evermore,
But to us He gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
Refrain
Let the lower lights be burning!
Send a gleam across the wave!
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.
Verse 2
Dark the night of sin has settled,
Loud the angry billows roar;
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore.
Verse 3
Trim You feeble lamp, my brother:
Some poor sailor, tempest tossed,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost.

A beloved gospel hymn by Philip Bliss emphasizing God's watchful care and mercy toward His children.