Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light [#BreakForth #BeauteousHeavenlyLight]
Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light [#BreakForth #BeauteousHeavenlyLight]
Song based on the Bible verse:
Isaiah 60:3
The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Song written by:
Original in English: Johann Rist [Johann von Rist] (March 8, 1607, Ottensen, Hamburg, Germany – August 31, 1667, Wedel, Germany), A. T. Russell [Arthur Tozer Russell] (March 20, 1806 Northampton, England, UK – November 18, 1874 Southwick, West Sussex, England, UK)
1
Break forth O beauteous heavenly light
And usher in the morning
O shepherds shrink not with affright
But hear the angel’s warning
This Child now weak in infancy
Our confidence and joy shall be
The pow’r of Satan breaking
Our peace eternal making
2
Break forth O beauteous heavenly light
To herald our salvation
He stoops to earth–the God of might
Our hope and expectation
He comes in human flesh to dwell
Our God with us Immanuel
The night of darkness ending
Our fallen race befriending