Hymn
Let There Be Light
Words: Ryan Daniel Cornett
Music: Ryan Daniel Cornett
Tune: LUX EVANGELII
Meter: C.M.D.
Stanza 1
"Let there be light," the Maker speaks,
And darkness flies away.
The morn is new as grace descends,
Benighted heart sees day;
What gladness fills the joyful eye
As dawn of mercy breaks;
From deathly slumber unto life,
The ransomed soul awakes.
Stanza 2
The oil burned in heaven's lamp
That cut through sin's thick night
Flowed freely from the Savior's veins,
Himself, the wick alight;
There, trimmed and soaked, the off'ring lit
By heat of holy wrath—
The perfect sacrifice aflame—
Revealed the righteous path.
Stanza 3
Upon that visage few may find,
The born-again shall gaze;
Once lost and darksome, gleaming bright,
Beheld for endless days;
So blazes Life amidst the gloom,
For Christ in radiance beamed;
From darkness, light shall ever shine
On all who stand redeemed.
About the song
Creation's light becomes an image of regeneration, Christ's sacrifice, and the believer's final glory in this modern hymn.
Themes
Scripture references
Genesis 1:3; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 5:14; John 1:4-5; Isaiah 53:10; Leviticus 6:12-13; Isaiah 60:19-20; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 21:23; 2 Corinthians 3:18