Let the Lower Lights Be Burning

Philip Paul Bliss, 1871

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1. Bright - ly beams our Fa - ther’s mer - cy from His light - house ev - er-
2. Dark the night of sin has set - tled, loud the an - gry bil - lows
3. Trim your fee - ble lamp, my bro - ther, some poor sail - or temp - est

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- more, But to us He gives the keep- ing of the lights a - long the shore.
roar; Ea - ger eyes are watch - ing, long - ing, for the lights, a - long the shore.
tossed, Try- ing now to make the har - bor, in the dark - ness may be lost.
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Let the low - er lights be burn - ing! Send a gleam a - cross the wave! For to
Let the low - er lights be burn - ing! Send a gleam a - cross the wave! Ea - ger

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us He gives the keep-ing of the lights a - long the shore.
eyes are watch-ing, long - ing, for the lights, a - long the shore.
now to make the ha - rbor, some poor sai - lor may be lost.

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