O Light From Age To Age The Same

Frederick Lucian Hosmer

6 Verses Eternal Light Faith & Hope Divine Providence

Verse 1

O Light, from age to age the same, O ever living Word, Here have we felt Thy kindling flame, Thy voice within have heard.

Verse 2

Here holy thought and hymn and prayer Have winged the Spirit’s powers, And made these walls divinely fair, Thy temple, Lord, and ours.

Verse 3

What visions rise above the years; What tender memories throng, Till the eye fills with happy tears, The heart with happy song.

Verse 4

Vanish the mists of time and sense; They come, the loved of yore, And one encircling providence Holds all for evermore.

Verse 5

O not in vain their toil who wrought To build faith’s freer shrine; Nor theirs whose steadfast love and thought Have watched the fire divine.

Verse 6

Burn, holy Fire, and shine more wide! While nations rise and fall, Faith, hope, and charity abide, The heart and soul of all.