The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin

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The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin The Light of the World is Jesus
Vorm	Lied met refrein
Herkomst
Taal	Engels
Land	Verenigde Staten
Periode	1875
Tekst
Dichter	Philip Paul Bliss
Bijbelplaats	Johannes 12:46
Metrisch	11-8-11-8
Muziek
Componist	Philip Paul Bliss
Melodie	The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin
Solmisatie	5-1-2-3-3-2-1-2-1-2-3
Liedbundels
Gospel Hymns 626
Sacred Songs & Solos 417

The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin (The Light of the World is Jesus) is een lied bij Johannes 12:46 met tekst en muziek van Philip Paul Bliss.

Vertalingen

Het lied is vertaald door

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Tekst

The Light of the World is Jesus
1 The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin,
The Light of the world is Jesus;
Like sunshine at noonday His glory shone in,
The Light of the world is Jesus.

chorus:
Come to the Light, ’tis shining for thee;
Sweetly the Light has dawn’d upon me,
Once I was blind, but now I can see:
The Light of the world is Jesus.

2 No darkness have we who in Jesus abide,
The Light of the world is Jesus;
We walk in the Light when we follow our Guide,
The Light of the world is Jesus.

chorus

3 Ye dwellers in darkness with sin-blinded eyes,
The Light of the world is Jesus;
Go, wash, at His bidding, and light will arise,
The Light of the world is Jesus.

chorus

4 No need of the sunlight in heaven, we’re told,
The Light of that world is Jesus;
The Lamb is the light in the City of Gold,
The Light of that world is Jesus.

chorus

Ontstaan

D.W. Whittle, Memoirs of Philip P. Bliss, 1877, p. 137: „“The Light of the World is Jesus” was written in the summer of 1875, at his home, No. 664 West Monroe street, Chicago. It came to him all together, words and music, one morning while passing through the hall to his room, and was at once written out.” Het werd gepubliceerd in de Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs (1875), nr. 41.

Externe links

• hymnary.org

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